Today in history.
Contributors: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Gish, Dorothy.; Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.; Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History.; Women's rights -- United States -- History.; Fort Necessity, Battle of, Pa., 1754.; Actresses -- United States -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: June 4
Description: On June 4, 1919, Congress passed the Nineteenth Amendment regarding women's suffrage. Also provides information on the construction of Fort Necessity in Pennsylvania by George Washington's military force to protect themselves from French troops. Finally, a biographical sketch of Dorothy and Lillian Gish, American motion-picture and stage actresses, who starred in early silent-film classics.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Congress approves Nineteenth Amendment; title: Fort Necessity; title: The Gish sisters.