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The right to vote

By June Wulff
Globe Staff / August 25, 2010

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Tomorrow is the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote, and the Marble House Celebration of Women’s Suffrage will commemorate the event with style. Alva Vanderbilt Belmont used her home for suffrage rallies, and tomorrow’s celebration will include excerpts from famous suffragette speeches, poetry, music, and remarks by Rhode Island state Senator June Gibbs and other guests. Aug. 26 at 11 a.m. Free. Marble House grounds, 596 Bellevue Ave., Newport, R.I. (tomorrow’s house tours are noon-5 p.m. $14, $5 ages 6-12). 401-847-1000. www.newportmansions.org