Justice Melody Stewart discusses voting rights history
JACKSON TWP. Justice Melody Stewart, while speaking at the annual Stark County NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner, gave her audience a history lesson Thursday evening on the lengthy and arduous struggle that took place in this country to secure voting rights for all adult citizens.
The first black woman elected to the Ohio Supreme Court, Stewart gave particular focus on what it took for women to be able to vote.
"As many of you know, next year will mark the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment which has given women the right to vote," Stewart, 54, said, while speaking in the Piazza Room of the La Pizzeria restaurant and banquet hall complex.