mainewomenforward.bsky.social @mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 27/08/20261/2 106-years ago today, the 19th Amendment, which reads, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex,” was certified into law across the United States. 1114
mainewomenforward.bsky.social @mainewomenforward.bsky.social · 27/08/2026 2/2 The first Indigenous woman, Lucy Nicolar Poolaw of the Penobscot Nation, to cast a ballot in Maine in 1955. The women who fought endlessly in the years leading up to this moment and the many who have continued to fight for equality ever since are the ones we celebrate today. 091
