Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20141209:06:49:00
When president woodrow wilson asked congress for that declaration of war on germany, he said it was, quote, to make the world safe for democracy. congressman rankin used those words when urging the house of representatives to vote for a constitutional amendment, granting every woman in every state the right to vote. she said on the house floor, how shall we explain to them the j$ñ meaning of democracy if the same congress that voted to make the world safe for democracy refuses to give this small measure of democracy to the women of our country? nearly three years later in 1920, the 19th const...