One hundred women signed the Declaration of Sentiments at the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention, only one lived to see the day that women could legally vote, Charlotte Woodward Pierce.
That day was November 2, 1920, one hundred years ago, today.
Warren G. Harding, a Republican from Ohio was elected. James M. Cox, a Democrat from Ohio was defeated.
Harding’s running mate was Calvin Coolidge. Cox’s running mate was Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Vice President Coolidge succeeded to the presidency upon the sudden death of Harding in 1923. Coolidge was elected in his own right in 1924,
Roosevelt would go on to win the 1932 Presidential Election.
And for better or worse, the KDKA radio station in Pittsburgh became one of the first to broadcast voting returns.
Before then all speculation was printed in newspapers beforehand, and all results were printed in newspapers afterward.