100 Years of Votes for Women!

I remembered posting about this before. I didn't realize it was 10 years ago!

https://maplewood.worldwebs.com/forums/discussion/90-years-of-votes-for-women

I have been surprised at how little has been done to commemorate the date. I've been downloading pictures, of Alice Paul and Lucy Barnes.  

The parade was a few years before but it made the point. I'll just deposit a few here.

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Alice Paul's hunger strike led her to be force fed in prison.

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Lots of good info here:  https://www.2020centennial.org/

List of NJ events: https://discovernjhistory.org/njwomenvote2020/njwomenvoteevents/

NJ women's history with information about the NJ Women's Heritage Trail:  http://njwomenshistory.org/nj-womens-heritage-trail/

NJ was the only state to allow women the vote in those early years after the passage of the Constitution, a privilege that was taken away in a political maneuver reminiscent of the partisan redistricting that goes on today. 

In Maplewood, Committeewoman Nancy Adams announced this, according to the Township Committee minutes sent out today:  August 18th is the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment. There will be a virtual watch party and discussion of Knock Down the House at 7 p.m., with the link to be found on the SOMa Celebrates Women Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/groups/somawomen/

(The Anniversary actually takes place on 8/26, as far as I've been able to determine.  Perhaps 8/18 was when the amendment was put forward for a vote.)

I saw my first Women's Equality flag today on a Maplewood house.  The excitement and awareness is out there. 

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Some of the photos are not posting. I'll keep trying.

Ah!  Figured it out.  The 19th Amendment was ratified today, but certified on 8/26.  

FYI - a panel discussion centered around the movie "Iron Jawed Angels" (good movie with a horrible modern soundtrack)

Oh, cool, EBennett!  I was thinking watching "Iron Jawed Angels" would be a good way to celebrate Women's Equality Day on 8/26.  Another good way would be to email our Congressional reps and ask them to start working on passing the ERA again. 

And thanks, Morganna, I wasn't familiar with the story of Inez Boissevain.

I LOVE Iron Jawed Angels and let my students watch it. We then made banners, had a parade and in a classroom re-enactment of the vote, my suffragettes gave yellow roses to our congressman who they convinced to support the amendment.

I am pretty stuck on the Everything is Everything Mary J Blige song during the march. Check it out.

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Flying our Women's Equality Day flag proudly today!

Inez Boissevain's story was featured in the NYTimes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/arts/design/inez-milholland-suffragist.html?searchResultPosition=1

Elle_Cee said:

Flying our Women's Equality Day flag proudly today!

Inez Boissevain's story was featured in the NYTimes:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/19/arts/design/inez-milholland-suffragist.html?searchResultPosition=1

 WOW thanks for sharing this. 

She needs a film centering on her life and work.  Incredible human being.  Eva Green should play her.  

https://women100.org/ 

I found this link.

All I have to say is that it will be the women's vote that saves us from 4 more years of Trump

White males in America have gone off the deep end.

Mabel Ping-Hua Lee - Chinese American Suffragette

http://loring-greenough.org/puzzling-together-suffrage-asian-american-suffragettes-fight-for-the-big-picture/

Native American influence on Women’s Rights Movement

https://www.womensvote100.org/the-suff-buffs-blog/2020/4/17/how-native-american-women-inspired-the-womens-rights-movement

Women of Color in the Movement

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/women/suffragettes-women-colour-native-american-feminism-activists-us-a8943916.html

Ida B. Wells

https://suffrage100ma.org/ida-b-wells/

Sojourner Truth

https://medium.com/@representwomen/elizabeth-cady-stanton-sojourner-truth-and-ida-b-wells-mothers-of-the-movement-for-womens-904a77665f4b