The father of constitutional law, chief justice John Marshall played a pivotal role in the construction of democracy in the United States. Marshall was our nations fourth chief justice and is accredited with helping to establish the power of the United States Supreme Court and strongly enforcing co...
Woman suffrage is the right of women to vote. Today, women in nearly all countries have the same voting rights as men. But they did not begin to gain such rights until the early 1900's, and they had to overcome strong opposition to get them. Reading Jailed for Freedom has been like peeking into a window of history while this struggle raged. Doris Stevens wrote this book in 1920, after she had been a participant in the struggle for women's rights. ...
