An Unfinished Revolution: The Woman’s Suffrage Centennial

Exhibit running February 5 through September 6, 2020

Location: Bush-Holley House Library and Archive

47 Strickland Rd, Cos Cob, CT 06807

ROSE O’NEILL: ARTIST AND SUFFRAGETTE

Rose O’Neill: Artist & Suffragette is a special installation created with work from Norman Rockwell Museum’s permanent collection of illustration art. Rose O’Neill (1874-1944) was strongly devoted to the cause, taking part in protests, public speaking, creating protest signs, magazine illustrations, and postcards advocating for women.

On display through September 27, 2020

Location: Norman Rockwell Museum

9 Glendale Rd / Rte 183, Stockbridge, MA 01262

Emblem of Equality: Woman Suffrage in Western New York

The Buffalo History Museum’s exhibit, “Emblem of Equality: Woman Suffrage in Western New York,” explores suffrage prior to 1885, the progression of the movement, World War I and its effects on suffrage, and “The Buffalo Six” – the Western New York women who were imprisoned for picketing the White House.

Location: The Buffalo History Museum

1 Museum Ct, Buffalo, NY 14216

Women of the Nation Arise!

Women of the Nation Arise! will present Staten Island’s unique place in the history of the suffrage movement by recounting stories of local suffragists, their contributions to the national effort, and the tactics they employed to win the vote. The exhibition will connect visitors to the history of earning women’s right to vote, as well as the relevance to present-day considerations of civic engagement and voter participation.

Location: Staten Island Museum at Snug Harbor

1000 Richmond Terrace, Building A Staten Island, NY 10301

Underpin and OVercoat

Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo), The National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House, and SewGreen Rochester present a new public art installation celebrating the major women’s rights anniversaries being celebrated this year. "Underpin and Overcoat", by artists Amelia Toelke and Andrea Miller explores the idea of jewelry as signage, which wearers adorn for both themselves and for others. Inspired by the objects Suffragists often made - such as pins, ribbons, sashes, and medals - "Underpin and Overcoat" gives greater presence to jewelry and wearable objects that are tools for protest, action, and identity-formation.

Exhibit running July 10, 2020 through November 30, 2020

Location: Rochester Contemporary Art Center

137 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14607

the vote: changing minds, changing times

The Seward House Museum's exhibit The Vote: Changing Minds, Changing Times analyzes the peripheral involvement of Frances Miller Seward and her sister Lazette Miller Worden in the local Women's Rights Movement from Seneca Falls, NY. The exhibit will utilize objects to interpret the story from the University of Rochester Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation, the Rochester Public Library, the Seward House Museum, the Cayuga Museum of History & Art, and the Howland Stone Store Museum. This exhibit will also consider information from a national perspective which discusses both pro and anti-suffrage efforts and the continued fight throughout the centennial that followed. Visitors are encouraged to exercise their right to vote by participating in a virtual voting booth module.

Exhibit running from August 20, 2020 through December 31, 2021

Location: Seward House Museum

33 South Street Auburn, NY 13021

When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story, 1776 – 1807

Millions of American women were granted the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, which marks its centennial in 2020. But more than a century earlier, women legally voted in New Jersey from 1776 – 1807. In a groundbreaking new exhibition, the Museum of the American Revolution will explore the little-known history of the nation’s first women voters—and examine how and why this right was ripped away in 1807. Featuring original objects including textiles, manuscripts, furniture, and art, as well as interactive elements and scenic environments, the exhibition will bring to life the forgotten stories of the women who first pioneered the vote. When Women Lost the Vote is an inspiring story that will encourage visitors to reconsider their understanding of the timeline of women’s history in America, but it is also a cautionary tale about one of America’s first voting rights crises. Price is included with regular Museum admission.

Exhibit running August 2020 through March 2021

Location: Museum of the American Revolution

101 S. Third Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106

VOTES FOR WOMEN: A VISUAL HISTORY

Votes for Women: A Visual History will include drawings, illustrations, and posters from museums, historical societies, and private collections that visualize the complex political messages conveyed by suffragists. Also included will be historic photographs of marches, rallies, and the celebrated procession in Washington DC held in March of 1913. Examples of the costumes, clothing, sashes, and other emblems of women’s activism worn by suffragists will enliven the presentation, drawing comparisons between the representations and realities of women’s struggle to win the vote.

The exhibition will present a more inclusive historical narrative, recognizing the efforts of women of color and their community networks, which have long been ignored. The visual lessons of the suffrage movement provided a model for later activism, including the civil rights and social justice movements up to the present day, making this not just a centennial celebration, but a window into contemporary visual discourse.

Exhibit running February 1, 2020 through June 7, 2020

Location: Brandywine River Museum of Art

1 Hoffmans Mill Rd, Chadds Ford, PA 19317

Agents of Change: Female Activism in Virginia from Women’s Suffrage to Today

Organized in conjunction with the statewide Women’s Suffrage Centennial, this exhibition features artifacts from the The Virginia Museum of History & Culture’s vast collections and new acquisitions made through a major collecting initiative. The exhibit celebrates a century of women’s social and political activism in the Commonwealth, highlighting the efforts and impact of a selection of female change-makers who brought about positive change in their communities, the Commonwealth, and the nation.

Exhibit running March 7, 2020 through September 27, 2020

Location: The Virginia Museum of History & Culture

428 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA 23220

Let Women Vote: Virginia and Women’s Suffrage

Virginia Museum of History & Culture offers an exhibit on Virginia and Women’s Suffrage from 1876 to 1924 which includes, Women in the Progressive Era, A Fierce Sisterhood: Virginia’s Suffragist Leaders and Virginians Opposed to suffrage.

Location: Virginia Museum of History & Culture

428 N Arthur Ashe Blvd, Richmond, VA 23220

We Demand: Women’s Suffrage in Virginia

In 1920, Virginia’s General Assembly refused to ratify the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution to grant women the right to vote. The suffragists lost. Or did they? We Demand: Woman Suffrage in Virginia reveals for the first time how women created two statewide organizations to win the right to vote. Virginia suffragists were a remarkable group of talented and dedicated women who have almost all been forgotten. They marched in parades, rallied at the state capitol, spoke to crowds on street corners, staffed booths at state and county fairs, lobbied legislators and congressmen, picketed the White House, and even went to jail. At the centenary of woman suffrage, these remarkable women are at last recognized for their important achievements and contributions.

Exhibit running January 13 through December 5, 2020

Location: Library of Virginia Lobby & Exhibition Gallery

800 E Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219

UNDEFEATED: CANVAS(S)ING THE POLITICS OF VOTER SUPPRESSION SINCE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE

An exhibit by WVU Libraries.

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment to the U. S. Constitution (granting women the right to vote), and the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (enforcing voting rights for racial minorities), the WVU Libraries are planning a major art exhibition for fall 2020 at the Downtown Campus Library around the political process with special attention to efforts to suppress the votes of women and minorities since 1920.

All selected works will be included in the exhibition that will run August 2020 through June 2021 on the main floor of the WVU Downtown Campus Library in Morgantown, WV, which receives up to 4,000 visitors daily.

Exhibit running August 1, 2020 through June 1, 2021

Location: WVU Downtown Campus Library

1549 University Ave, Morgantown, WV 26506

fiber artists miami association (FAMA) flags

The Fiber Artists Miami Association (FAMA) Flags art installation pays homage to women of the Suffrage Movement in this 2020 centennial and creates awareness about our duty to vote. The public outdoor/ indoor FAMA Flags will be on exhibit at the Directed Modern Gallery, Miami.

Exhibit running from October 3, 2020 through October 17, 2020. Opening Ceremony on October 3, 2020 at 6:00pm

Location: Directed Modern Gallery

350 NW 175th Street, Miami, FL 33169

the power of women: celebration of the suffrage movement

Celebrating 100 years since the passing of the 19th Amendment through photographs & artifacts. This exhibit features the national story Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote, along with a focus on the local stories of women empowered by the movement.

Exhibit running from August 1, 2020 through October 28, 2020

Location: The Customs House Museum & Culture Center

200 South 2nd Street, Clarksville, TN 37040

The Yellow Brick Road to Women’s Suffrage

This exhibit celebrates the centennial anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, which secured women the right to vote. For more information, call 405-282-1889.

Location: Oklahoma Territorial Museum and Carnegie Library

406 E Oklahoma Ave, Guthrie, OK 73044

suffrage now: a 19th amendment centennial exhibition

In SUFFRAGE NOW, women and women‐identifying photographers nationwide were invited via a juried open call to share photos that comment on the Centennial of the Ratification of the 19th Amendment. The most eloquent images were chosen and included in this very special online exhibition, which will remain accessible through at least January 31, 2021.

Programming to accompany the exhibition will include a monthly online discussion with show jurors and featured photographers. The first will take place on Tuesday August 18 at 7:30PM and will feature moderator Tammie R. Rubin, Associate Professor of Art at St. Edward’s University, interviewing exhibition jurors on the meaning of the Centennial to them, and their decision making process for the exhibition. Subsequent monthly SUFFRAGE NOW programs will follow. The museum also has curricular material available for family and school discussions that support Suffrage and the women’s rights movement. Furthermore, a special social media campaign encouraging photographers of all kinds worldwide‐‐ professional, amateur, and those in and out of the exhibition‐‐to post and tag photos with “#SuffrageNow” in the description will allow potentially thousands of voices to be heard.

Exhibit running from August 6, 2020 through January 31, 2021

Location: The Elisabet Ney Museum

304 E 44th Street, Austin, TX 78751

SISTER SUFFRAGISTS

Sister Suffragists is a celebration of the movement that brought suffrage to the women of Texas and the nation.

Inside the Exhibition:

Suffrage documents including scrapbooks, speeches, letters, posters, pamphlets, and cartoons interpret the suffrage movements of the 1890s and early 1900s, the passage of the amendment, and the first elections in which women were able to vote.

A selection of textiles showing how women’s fashions adapted to reflect the changing roles of women in American society.

Voting rights were just the first step in a longer campaign for equal rights. Quiz yourself to see when the vote was extended to women in different groups and when basic rights like opening a credit card were granted to American women.

Exhibit running June 15, 2019 through August 31, 2020

Location: Bullock Museum

1800 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701

you have to start a thing

The year 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution. "You Have to Start a Thing"  explores how Tar Heel women and men fought for—and against—woman suffrage in the decades leading up to 1920. It also chronicles the ongoing struggle to ensure voting rights for North Carolinians of color and the (slow) entry of women into positions of political power in North Carolina.

The exhibit also has a digital tour, which highlights both this exhibit and our award-winning exhibit, QuiltSpeak, Women Making History in North Carolina.

Location: North Carolina Museum of History

5 East Edenton Street, Raleigh, NC 27601

Blazing a trail

Women in the American West faced specific challenges that their Eastern counterparts often did not, such as lack of health care on the frontier and lack of property rights. Western women often had to improvise, showing great innovation, in certain precarious situations. They continually adapted to circumstances beyond their control. And they frequently overcame the odds in a male-dominated society. Consequently, women in the Western states and territories such as Montana, Wyoming, and Utah, and achieved the right to vote and to determine their own paths, and blazed the trail for women across the United States to achieve suffrage.

Exhibit running November 21, 2020 to May 16, 2021

Location: National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum

1700 Northeast 63rd St. Oklahoma City, OK 73111

Why Women Should Vote

Based on a 1910 essay written by Jane Addams, this exhibition explores the widespread grassroots national movement organized by American women demanding the right to vote and to be recognized as full citizens in the United States. As we approach the 2020 Centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution and look towards the 2020 presidential election, we reflect on questions of women’s leadership, electoral power, voice, racism within women’s movements and women’s power to impact civic affairs.

Location: Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
800 S. Halsted (M/C 051) Chicago, IL 60607-7017

women’s suffragist sculpture by barbara grygutis

Women’s suffragist sculpture to be erected on August 18, 2020 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.

Location: Fifth Third Bank Plaza 250 West Main Street Lexington, KY 40507

Image courtesy of Barbara Grygutis Sculpture, LLC

Votes for Women

This exhibit commemorates the 100th anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, which extended the right to vote to women in the United States. Minnesota was the fifteenth state state to ratify the amendment in 1919; it was made the law of the land the following year. The women’s suffrage movement in Minnesota started decades earlier than 1919. Many women residents of Hennepin County played a pivotal role in the effort to convince voters to pass the amendment. The exhibit explores the lives of these local suffragists and examines the tactics and methodologies they employed in that quest.

Exhibit running November 5, 2019 to July 5, 2020

Location: Hennepin History Museum

2303 3rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404

The Right is Ours: Women Win the Vote

The exhibit is in the observation gallery on the second floor of the museum. The exhibit gives an overview of the movement, led by three generations of women across both South Dakota and the United States to give women the right to vote in state and national elections. Focusing on 1848-1920, it also addresses the legacy and lessons of the women’s suffrage movement to the present day.

The exhibit follows the women’s suffrage movement from the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 through the ratification of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution on Aug. 18, 1920. It also focuses on people and events in South Dakota that led to the state legislature in December 1918, granting women in S.D. the right to vote.

Exhibit running November 16, 2019 through November 3, 2020

Location: South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center

900 Governors Dr, Pierre, SD 57501

art installation by tamia green

Ogden artist Tamia Green has created an interactive art piece, hosted by Ogden Contemporary Arts at the Platforms on 490 25th Street in Ogden. Three large wooden frames are covered with colorful cloth pieces, symbolizing diversity and unity. Tamia asks visitors to write the answers to these questions on the cloth: What change would you like to see in your community? How will you help make it happen? Tamia’s installation will be up through August 26th, which is Women’s Equality Day.

Location: 490 25th Street, Ogden, UT 84401

art installation by tawnie richman

An interactive art piece created by Centerville artist Tawnie Richman. This mosaic invites community members to reflect on what the right to vote means to them. Visitors can select a rock with a reason why they vote to place in the “ballot box,” or write their own reason on a blank rock.

On display through August 16, 2020

Location: William R. Smith Park

300 N 100 E, Centerville, UT 84014

On display from August 17, 2020 - August 31, 2020

Location: Farmington Museum

3041 E Main Street, Farmington, 84025

making her mark: art by women

Celebrating Women's History Month and the many ways women have shaped the arts.

On display from March 3, 2021 to April 4, 2021

Location: Sonoran Arts League Center for the Arts

7100 E. Cave Creek Road, Suite 144

Cave Creek, Arizona, 85331

Still Marching: From Suffrage to #MeToo

Experience the struggles, triumphs, and resilience of Arizona women in their journey to affect change. From early twentieth-century suffrage marches to the social media campaign of #MeToo, women have banded together to drive social change. Their story is told through displays of objects and memorabilia from the suffrage-era, ERA and Take Back the Night movements, the 2017 Women’s March, and more. Still Marching, the Arizona Historical Society’s newest exhibition at the Arizona Heritage Center, focuses on the powerful and historic impact of women’s collective action. 

Exhibit running March 2020 through December 2020

Location: Arizona Heritage Center at Papago Park

1300 N. College Ave. - Tempe, AZ 85281

All is Possible: Women's Suffrage in California

The Santa Monica History Museum is hosting an exhibition exploring the history of the local, state, and national suffrage movements that mark the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which granted women in America the right to vote. The exhibition’s title was inspired by Los Angeles activist Caroline Severance's motto, “Nothing is impossible for organized womanhood.” The suffrage movement’s success depended in large part on the groundswell of state initiatives and the organization of local women’s clubs at the turn of the century. As the sixth state to allow women to vote in 1911, California served as a turning point in the movement, with a population large enough to double the eligible women voters in the country.

Exhibit running March 7th through June 6th, 2020

Location: Santa Monica History Museum

1350 7th St, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Marching Towards Empowerment

The journey towards the American woman’s enfranchisement, spanning the late 19th century into the early 20th century, was persistently defined by a spirit of female courage, perseverance, and loud mobilization. The Women’s Museum of California, permanent suffrage exhibit, gives great due to the activists who lived this movement through two general lenses: firstly, through the stories of individual suffragists themselves, and secondly, through the greater narratives of the movement at the state and national levels, as well as within communities of color.

Location: The Women’s Museum of California

2730 Historic Decatur Rd #206, San Diego, CA 92106

Sisters for SuffragE: How Utah Women Won the Vote

Celebrating 150 years since Utah women became the first in the nation to vote under an equal suffrage law, this exhibition highlights the pioneering role of the Relief Society in the local and national woman suffrage movements. Intriguing historical artifacts, interactive kiosks, and hands-on activities for children make this exhibit an engaging experience for visitors of all ages. Come and learn the inspiring stories of Latter-day Saint women who organized to secure and defend women’s rights in Utah and across the nation!

Exhibit running November 2019 to January 2021

Location: Church History Museum

45 N West Temple, Salt Lake City, UT 84150

women’s suffrage through sculpture and art by mary ruden

A bronze bust of Knoxville suffragist Lizzie Crozier French will be on display at the East Tennessee History Society Museum in Knoxville, TN from mid August 2020 through December 2020.

Suffrage quilts by the artist will be displayed by the McMinn County Living Heritage Museum in Athens, TN from August 11, 2020 through the end of the month.

Quilts will also be displayed at the Southeastern Quilt & Textile Museum in Carrollton, GA from September 3, 2020 through October 3, 2020.

Replica Justice Bell

The replica Justice Bell will visit schools in 2020 as part of the Justice Project Education Initiative and will also accompany film screenings for "Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women's Fight for the Vote."

If you are interested in the replica Justice Bell traveling to your city, please Contact here.

League of Women Voters of Kansas Centennial Exhibit

The Kansas Centennial Exhibit will be showing at the Kansas Historical Society Museum Dec. 22, 2019 to Jan. 11, 2020; at the Kansas Statehouse Jan. 13 to Jan. 17; and at the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Jan. 17-Jan. 22. The exhibit is traveling the state as a part of the Kansas League of Women Voters celebration of the 19th Amendment. Find more locations and events below:

Votes for Women: 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage

November 5, 2018, marks 100 years of the women’s right to vote in Oklahoma. Oklahoma became the twenty-first state to grant suffrage to women by a vote of 106,909 to 81,481. This exhibit explores a history of women since 1890 who were among the first in Oklahoma Territory to lobby for the right to vote. It started with the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union who wanted a voice in school elections. The grassroots efforts grew in 1895 when Laura A. Gregg, a National American Woman Suffrage Association leader, came to Oklahoma to push for a universal right to vote.

Women of Oklahoma

This is the first traveling exhibit in a series to highlight women who made history in Oklahoma and across the nation. Presenting more than twenty Oklahoma women who were successful in business, politics, activism, education, and other areas, visitors will gain a new perspective on how women from Oklahoma have contributed to history. Some of these women include Hannah Atkins, Clara Luper, Elizabeth Maria Tallchief, and Edith Kinney Gaylord, to name a few.

VOTES FOR WOMEn: A PORTRAIT OF PERSISTENCE

The National Portrait Gallery honors the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment with this highly anticipated exhibit. You’ll learn about the radical women that fought slavery, the women activists of the late 1800s, the “New Woman” of the 20th century and the relentless suffragists of the 1910s through a series of portraits, cultural artifacts and biographies. The exhibit will also examine the struggles that minority women still face today, 100 years after the 19th Amendment passed.

While the in-person exhibit closed in January 2020, you can find portions of the exhibit online by clicking on the Learn More button.

In Celebration of Women

The Herberger Theater Art Gallery’s exhibit, In Celebration of Women, is now virtual! It features the work of 30 Arizona female artists.

For the digital exhibit, click on Learn More.

For Democracy: Celebrating 100 Years of the 19th Amendment

The Alice Paul Institute is proud to honor the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment with this digital exhibit. Funded by a generous grant from the John Ben Snow Memorial Trust, this exhibit features original documents and objects from the Alice Paul Archives at Paulsdale, Alice Paul’s birthplace and a National Historic Landmark in Mt. Laurel, NJ.

For the digital exhibit, click on Learn More.

THE POETICS OF PROTEST: AN EXHIBIT OF FEMINIST RESISTANCE

“The Poetics of Protest,” examines the ephemeral artifacts of activist rhetoric—signs, banners, buttons, pamphlets, and even sheet music—in order to investigate the powerful ties between words and gender politics and tell the story of the women’s movement across the twentieth century. Our stakes are high—in examining the rhetoric of protest, we hope to enliven and expand existing conversation and awareness about feminist activism.

Learn more about the project and find the online exhibit below.

WEST VIRGINIA SUFFRAGETTES: AN ONLINE EXHIBIT EXPLORING SUFFRAGE IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE

The WVU Libraries brings you West Virginia Suffragettes: An Online Exhibit Exploring Suffrage in the Mountain State, an informative and interactive exhibit on West Virginia’s important suffrage leaders and women’s suffrage history.

Suffragist of the Month

The Commonwealth Museum is pleased to partner with the Women’s Suffrage Celebration Coalition of Massachusetts to commemorate events leading to the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution on August 18, 1920 — guaranteeing the right of women to vote. A “Suffragist of the Month” is being featured in a lobby display and here on the website.

The Woman’s Hour 1920 - 2020

The Library & Music Hall is proud to commemorate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in the United States. 2020’s centennial is a milestone in the journey begun by brave women long before 1920. Brave women whose work we carry on today for our daughters, for our granddaughters and still very much for ourselves.

The ACFL&MH, in adapting to the challenges caused by the current pandemic, is providing a series of digital content and programming to celebrate and commemorate this crucial anniversary: The Woman’s Hour.

Chautauqua 2020: Raising Their Voices

This summer, the Chautauqua stage goes virtual as Maryland Humanities raises the voices of four notable women who took action to secure their right to vote. We highlight the unique story of each of these historic figures as they fought for their rights. This year’s series starts in the 1600s and continues through the modern era.

A video of each performance will be posted for one week each Monday in July. Join us each Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. as we stream the performance and host a live Q&A with the performers starting at 2:00 p.m.. Sign up to participate in the Q&A and you’ll be entered in a drawing to win fun prizes. Capacity for each Q&A is 500. 

voices of women reflecting on the 19th amendment

“Voices of Women Reflecting on the 19th Amendment” Exhibit (Digital Exhibit) August 2020 marks the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, also known as Women’s Suffrage. The exhibit asks “What does the 19th amendment mean to you?” and features work from Ariella Asher, Sharon Duwaik, Angelica Jiménez, Emilie Luckett, Monica Marquez Gatica, Terrilynn Moore, Alyssa Mora, Adri Norris, Eileen Roscina Richardson, and Maruca Salazar.

VOte: a centennial celebration

VOTE: A Centennial Celebration presents artists’ personal reflections upon the 100th Anniversary of Amendment 19, which granted women the right to vote. For this nationally juried call, artists were encouraged to submit work related to the history of women’s suffrage, the visionaries of that time, and/or the continued quest for voting equality.

This exhibition is presented by 2020 Women & the VOTE, a community project that supports events celebrating women’s suffrage throughout the 2020 calendar year.

How Will They Know We Were Here? 100 Years Beyond Women’s Suffrage

The Kniznick Gallery presents “HOW WILL THEY KNOW WE WERE HERE? 100 Years Beyond Women’s Suffrage.” The exhibition celebrates the power of civic participation in 2020 and acknowledges the 100th anniversary of the U.S. Constitutional amendment that granted some women the right to vote. The 19th Amendment of 1920 did not go far enough for Black and Indigenous women, however, and reflection upon a century as a milestone reminds us that partial progress is not whole progress. 

The exhibition includes a large network of individual contributing artists featured through collaborative projects and works led by Marilyn Artus, Natalie Baxter and Amplifier. “HOW WILL THEY KNOW WE WERE HERE?” recognizes the power of visual art to inspire civic action and demonstrates that artists’ contributions within the political sphere are necessary tools for communication. Visual symbols that mirror the suffrage movement anchor the exhibition in familiar forms; American flags, hand-sewn banners, pin cushions, and demonstration posters. While these objects resonate with the histories of political action, they emerge from our present-day challenges and obstacles as contemporary artifacts. Traversing the digital and physical spaces that define our political landscape today, the works in the exhibition were created specifically to exert pressure in these arenas. Timed at the centennial of the 19th Amendment, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the movement for racial justice, and encompassing the polarizing 2020 Presidential election--"HOW WILL THEY KNOW WE WERE HERE? 100 Years Beyond Women’s Suffrage” raises this question for a future generation that we hope to inspire.

Online exhibition open from July 7 through November 3.

“to vote” at oakwood cemetery chapel: austin’s suffragists

Oakwood Chapel presents “To Vote,” an online exhibit with events from July 27, 2020 – September 30, 2020. “To Vote” recognizes Austin’s suffragists during the 100th Anniversary, the 55th, and 45th Anniversary of all women gaining the right to vote in America. Many people who worked hard for that right are buried in Austin’s municipal cemeteries.

votes for women

Votes for Women online exhibit launches on the 19th Amendment ratification centennial, August 26, 2020. Just in time for the upcoming election season, this inspiring exhibit connects you with the women who blazed the trail for today’s social justice activists.

women and politics

Presented by PNC and WRHS in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland, Women and Politics will trace the story of women’s empowerment, exploring the early days of the suffragist movement, the successful fight for the 19th Amendment, the birth and growth of the League of Women Voters as a force for clean government and the election of northern Ohio women to positions of power on the local, state and national levels.

Women & Politics will be accompanied by a series of programs for schoolchildren and general audiences. Its presentation in an election year will significantly boost its appeal to a wide public audience. Throughout WRHS, in both permanent and temporary exhibits, special attention will be given to stories, images and artifacts that present new perspectives about the roles women played in shaping our history. Exhibits on commerce, industry, fashion, and even the auto world will all highlight the impact women have had in so many areas.

Women & Politics will encourage visitors to explore the experiences and significant contributions of women, African Americans, and immigrants in the fight to win the right to vote. Their struggle, determination, and triumph will inspire advocacy and action to use the the power of voting to continue to make a difference.

Access to the exhibit is $12 but the accompanying film “Failure is Impossible” is free for all to view here.

Campaigning for votes: woman suffrage in allen county

The Allen County Museum is pleased to present its first online exhibition, Campaigning for Votes: Woman Suffrage in Allen County. The opening date commemorates the signing of the 19th Amendment by the Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby.  Through this exhibition, viewers learn about local suffragists, influential visiting speakers, and Allen County's journey to woman suffrage.

During the Woman Suffrage Movement, Allen County suffragists campaigned door to door armed with literature; organized mass meetings featuring talks, music, and debates; marched in parades, and spoke at gatherings throughout Allen County and neighboring counties.  Allen County women were known regionally for their efforts to promote the passing of the 19th Amendment, inviting suffragists from across the United States and Great Britain to Lima to share their strategies and anecdotes.  The exhibition highlights the suffragists from Allen County who helped lead the local movement. Despite their efforts, however, Allen County's voting citizens continued to vote down equal enfranchisement into 1917.

The exhibition explores the local landscape Lima played, a role that is significant to the county's local narrative.  Delving into newspapers of the time, the online exhibit creates a timeline featuring bursts of activity from local suffragists. The Museum invites visitors to discover some of the people who lead the local Woman Suffrage Movement and how they garnered support. In this interactive exhibit, visitors can also learn about famous suffragists who visited the county and read newspapers of the time.

Visit the exhibit online here.