Of the right for women to vote. That was granted for only white women. Africanamerican and many asian and latinex women were barred from citizenship and voting. Black men and women were blocked from voting by racist local laws until the Voting Rights act of 1965. The u. S. Womens suffrage movement, the way its taught and understood and characterized to this day often erases the prominent role of black women. Women like beabolitionists sojournsojour sojourner truth. And women like the sisters of delta sigma theta, an early black sorority founded at howard university. They ban tousished to a segrega section when they joined the march, something ida refused to do, instead marching with the white women. This boiled down to the right to participate as organizers and citizens, as voters and political candidates continues today under a president who is refusing to fund the post office in what looks like a clear attempt to steal this election. But a remarkable shift occurred this week when a w