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  • Bentley Historical Library

    How to Qualify as a Person

    Forty-nine years before women were granted the right to vote in the United States, Nannette Gardner would cast her ballot in Detroit, making women’s history. By fighting tirelessly for women’s rights, she would begin to shake the foundations of power in the United States, and her controversial vote would give the suffrage movement a notable victory.

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