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What Becomes A Legendary Constitutional Campaign Most? Marking The Nineteenth Amendment At One Hundred, Linda C. Mcclain
What Becomes A Legendary Constitutional Campaign Most? Marking The Nineteenth Amendment At One Hundred, Linda C. Mcclain
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What most becomes a landmark anniversary in the legendary campaign by women (and some men) for woman suffrage that, in 1920, led to Congress’s ratifying the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution? This framing of the question alludes to the famous, decades-long Blackglama advertising campaign, “What becomes a legend most?,” which (beginning in 1968) enlisted the charisma of famous women (and some men) to glamorize mink coats. This Essay also appeals to the dual meanings of legendary -- “of, relating to, or characteristic of legend” and “well-known, or famous” -- and argues that the campaign for woman suffrage is the …