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Uncomfortable fact is historians

The year 1917 was highly consequential for the suffrage movement. Having lost the chance to defeat the reelection of President Woodrow Wilson, who had initially been lukewarm toward suffrage, activists set their sights on securing voting rights for women by the 1920 presidential election. One wing of activists began a daily picket of the White House, the first in American history. Another organized a lobbying campaign to win Congressional votes. Then, in April of that year, the United States entered World War I, and whatever political will that had been building for women’s enfranchisement evaporated. Still, suffragists were not deterred. One of the most powerful weapons they had was the four million women already empowered to vote by their state constitutions. These women could cast ballots in all elections, up to the federal level, including for congressional representatives and for president. All of these “suffrage states” were still west of the Mississippi, but in November,

Technologies to consider in 2020

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New technologies refer to all the new media that, in recent years, have facilitated the flow of information (internet, digital video disc [DVD], portable computers and all the technological devices that are used to produce, develop and bring communication).  With regard to the media, new technologies have enabled digital newspapers, Internet advertising, music and video broadcasts without the need for radio or sound equipment, as well as communication. snapshot between people from different countries with a much lower cost than that of conventional telephone services. Talking about new media means referring to the Internet, electronic media and all forms of communication derived from these media, which have revolutionized information and communication processes as they grow by leaps and bounds throughout the world.  Although in Colombia the history of new media is quite short, its enormous influence has already begun to be felt and understood. Before they had the enormous im