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NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY ALLIANCE       I 2021

Extending the Women’s Suffrage Centennial through 2021
       What’s Happening       Statues & Memorials   Equality Day Resolution
          Black Suffragists   2021 Honorees      Women’s History Forum

              Women’s History Resource Catalog Inside
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SUSAN WARE

A Timely & Compelling History

I    MARCHED in my first feminist
    demonstration on the historically
    significant date of August 26, 1970 –
the fiftieth anniversary of the passage of
the Nineteenth Amendment – as a col-
                                              “Why haven’t I heard
                                             this history before?” was
                                             a refrain I encountered
                                                                                          movement is an important part of that
                                                                                          story.
                                                                                              Even without the disruptions caused
                                                                                          by the pandemic, extending the com-
                                                                                          memoration of the centennial of the
lege student newly awakened to the           time and again.                              Nineteenth Amendment into 2021 and
powerful ideas of modern feminism and                                                     beyond makes sense. The questions and
the excitement of women’s history. Suf-                                                   lessons this history raises don’t have an
                                             ham Clinton at the White House also
frage has been part of my life ever since.                                                expiration date. They remain timely and
                                             created a political climate where ques-
Probably earlier than most, I fixed my                                                    compelling. I very much look forward
                                             tions of feminism, women’s political
                                                                                          to joining with the National Women’s
                                             activism, and voting rights were very
                                                                                          History Alliance to keep this conversa-
                                             much front and center. It was not hard to
                                                                                          tion going.
                                             get audiences to draw parallels between
                                             the suffrage struggle and contemporary       Susan Ware is the Honorary Women’s Suf-
                                             movements for social change.                 frage Centennial Historian at Radcliffe’s
                                                                                          Schlesinger Library. She is the editor of the
                                             An Ongoing Struggle                          Library of America anthology American
                                                                                          Women’s Suffrage: Voices from the Long
                                             As a historian I was privileged to be part   Struggle for the Vote, 1776-1965 (2020).
                                             of many of these events. During my time
                                             on the suffrage hustings, I was able to
Suffragists march in Washington D.C. on
                                             share with audiences the powerful stories      WOMEN’S HISTORY
March 3, 1913.
                                             of those women – and men – who were            March 2021 Number 1
                                             part of the long fight to win the right to
                                                                                            Published by the National
eye on the upcoming centennial in 2020,      vote. “Why haven’t I heard this history        Women’s History Alliance
hoping to be part of a larger national       before?” was a refrain I encountered           © 2021 NWHA
conversation about questions of citizen-     time and again.                                All rights reserved.
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ship, gender, and voting. Things didn’t
work out quite as I had expected.                                                           Editors: Molly Murphy MacGregor,
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First, the election of Donald Trump in                                                      writers, artists and photographers.
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commemoration that allowed the public        complete the legacy of the Nineteenth
at large to engage in the vital historical   Amendment was, especially for African          Cover photograph: STAND, A monument
                                             American women and other women of              celebrating the 100th anniversary of the
questions raised by the long suffrage                                                       passage of the 19th Amendment
struggle and make connections to our         color, an equally important takeaway           Artist: © Barbara Grygutis 2020
contemporary political landscape.            point. I would always conclude my talks        Computer render by Katie McCann
    Ironically the very election of Donald   by pointing out that feminism is an on-        Commissioned by Breaking the Bronze
Trump that deprived us of the chance to      going struggle and it will always be nec-      Ceiling, Lexington, Kentucky
celebrate with President Hillary Rod-        essary. And the women’s suffrage
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Celebrating Women’s History
Throughout 2021
2021 is a year full of hope and promise that offers us an
extended opportunity to celebrate what women accom-
plished one hundred years ago and ever since. When the
pandemic hit in March 2020, many plans for celebrating
the women’s suffrage centennial - exhibits, performances
and events of every kind - had to be cancelled, often after
years of preparation. Now, to make up for lost time, many
groups have extended suffrage celebrations through 2021.

A Year to be Proud of

2020 was a very difficult year and yet a year to be proud                   Image courtesy of Bria Goeller and WTF America-Good Trubble.

of. Despite the impact of the pandemic, Americans              Vice-President Kamala Harris walking with the
                                                               shadow of Ruby Bridges, who integrated a New
throughout the country paid tribute to the dedicated suffra-   Orleans elementary school in 1960.
gists who won Votes for Women 100 years ago. By the
end of the year, there had not only been thousands of both
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live and virtual centennial events but also the election of
the first woman as Vice-President of the United States.          A Timely and Compelling
Women’s history, a central part of American history, was         History, Susan Ware                                        2
written before our eyes.                                         Plan a Parade                                              4
   Throughout the year, the National Women’s History
Alliance played an important role. We supported the Rose         2021 Highlights                                            5
Parade centennial float, serving as fiscal sponsor for that      Women’s Equality Week                                   10
and for the Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative. We con-          2021 Valiant Women of
vened a National Networking Conference in January and            the Vote Honorees                                       12
published “Women Win the Vote,” our third gazette aimed
at building interest in the centennial.                          NWHA 2021 Partners                                      15
                                                                 Women Who Refused
Heralding Women’s Achievements                                   to be Silenced                                          17

The Alliance also created lists of state groups, catalogs of     WOMENS HISTORY FORUM
centennial merchandise and updates on events throughout
                                                                 The Fruits of Our
the country. These efforts supported established and new
                                                                 Democracy, Krysta Jones                                 19
groups, artists and many other individuals and helped keep
the suffrage centennial visible in a difficult time.             The Challenge of Telling
   Now we plan a year heralding women’s achievements             Complex History,
today as well as 100 years ago. This year's theme, Valiant       Robert P. J. Cooney, Jr.                                20
Women of the Vote - Refusing to Be Silenced, emphasizes          The Shaming Must Stop,
the resilience of multicultural women working for the vote       Myriam Miedzian                                         21
both in the suffrage movement and later. Women’s largely         Black Women Marched in
unheralded accomplishments are what the NWHA has cel-            The 1913 Parade,
ebrated for 40 years.                                            Martha S. Jones                                         23
   Women’s history is something happening today, a cur-
rent and ongoing source of inspiration and power. It is an
                                                                 Statues and Memorials                                   24
overlooked part of our national history that has a chance to
come forward now and shine as never before.                     Women’s History Resources
                                                                 Catalog                                                 27
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                                         MAKE WOMEN’S LIVES VISIBLE IN 2021

                    Plan or Join a Parade

                      The Women’s Suffrage Centennial Float in the Pasadena Rose Parade, January 1, 2020

I
    F WE ARE LUCKY ENOUGH           millions watched the Rose              dressed in white in rows of       theme of hope.
      to have 4th of July           Parade on January 1, 2020,             ten.                                 Alice Paul organized a
      Parades in 2021, please       as the float that launched the             On the float were the        parade for suffrage through
join one and bring the spirit       Centennial celebration of              descendants of suffragists       Washington D.C. on March
of the suffrage movement to a       women in the United States             including Elizabeth Cady         3, 1913, one day before the
larger crowd. If not the 4th of     winning the right to vote              Stanton, Ida B. Wells and        inauguration of President
July then on August 26th            came into view. The crowds             Frederick Douglass. The          Woodrow Wilson. The
have your own hometown              cheered as Years of Hope,              magnificent, flower covered      parade hosted 8,000 partici-
parade in honor of the 101st        Years of Courage – the                 float was over 50 feet long      pants, nine marching bands,
                                                                                                                      20 floats, and a
anniversary of women              1913 Suffrage Parade, Washington, D.C.
                                                                                                                      performance in
in the United States
                                                                                                                      front of the
winning the vote. Once                                                                                                Treasury Building.
it is safe, let’s bring                                                                                                   This Sonoma
the celebratory spirit                                                                                                County, California,
of women’s history to                                                                                                 parade (left) on
our communities by                                                                                                    March 10, 1979.
decorating cars and dressing        Women’s Suffrage                       and featured a 20-foot tall      helped launch what would
as suffragist or other women        Centennial Rose Parade Float           Statue of Liberty covered in     become the National
in history. Maybe the local         – began the 5½ mile route.             eucalyptus leaves.               Women’s History Project/
high school marching band           Right behind the float was                The vibrant, colorful float   Alliance. It was a county-
would like to participate.          a contingent of 100                    won the Theme Award for          wide event which included a
     Throughout the world,          contemporary suffragist all            best representing the parade’s   local junior high school band.
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Members of Long Beach Suffrage 100 launched their centennial effort on August 24, 2019, under artist Dina Saadi's vibrant mural that
reflects both the boldness and serious purpose that marked centennial celebrations throughout the country. Photo by Jose Cordon.

 2021 HIGHIGHTS

 An Extended Celebration of Votes for Women
  Free Women’s Suffrage
  Centennial Resources
  The National Women’s History
                                       W          E ARE EXCITED to
                                                  have an additional
                                                  year to celebrate
                                       the Women’s Suffrage
                                                                                                         celebrations. The record set-
                                                                                                         ting parachute jump attempt
                                                                                                         is now set for Fall 2021
                                                                                                         (brokenrecords.world). The
  Alliance published “Women            Centennial, which features                                        Centennial Motorcycle Ride
  Win the Vote” in 2020 as well        many events and celebrations                                      to Washington D.C. has also
  as several updates and catalogs      that had to be postponed last                                     been rescheduled for July 31-
  to prepare for and popularize        year. While there were                                            August 20, 2021
  the women’s suffrage centenni-       wonderful live events that did                                    (centennialride.com).
  al. Each publication is full of      happen in 2020, including the                                          A number of ambitious
  news, articles, links to resources
                                       Rose Parade Float and the                                         suffrage-related efforts are
  and more, and is available on
  our homepage under the tab           Central Park statue unveiling,                                    still in the works, including
  Centennial Events (national          many plans and projects had                                       the television series based on
  womenshistoryalliance.org).          to be cancelled or delayed.                                       Elaine Weiss’ book, “The
  The list of groups organized for     Many have now been               Project 19 Skydivers.            Woman’s Hour,” lighting up
  the centennial in each state is in   rescheduled but check ahead                                       Mt. Rushmore with women’s
  the Centennial Update, August-       to confirm.                      record. With colorful flags      images (lookuptoher.com),
  16-22 pdf and in the Gift Idea           Women skydivers still        and flares, Project 19 jumpers   and Shaina Taub’s Broadway
  Catalog.                             plan to jump for a Guiness       were a dramatic presence at      musical, The Suffragists.
                                                                        several centennial               However, once discovered.
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 women’s history isn’t going       Rights Amendment and ideas        place historical markers out-    and the Right to Vote” on
 away, so there should be          are aready being discussed.       side suffrage sites, shares      their 2021 calendar. In
 plenty of time for these              Here are a few examples       women’s history on social        Michigan, the Greater Grand
 creations as well as many         and highlights of plans for the   media, and has big plans for     Rapids Women’s History
 others.                           year, particularly from many      the year.                        Council (ggrwhc.org) offers a
     There were centennial         state suffrage centennial             The Maryland Women’s         fine Digital History Exhibit
 exhibits, often multiple ones,    groups. Each of the websites      Heritage Center in Baltimore     on suffrage in the state and a
 in nearly every state and most    referenced offers a wealth of     has a new home (mdwomens         new “Women Who Ran”
 went online as much as            resources, attractions, links     heritagecenter.org) as well as   electoral history of 47 women
 possible. You can still view      and new information; many         a vibrant website with down-     who ran for public office in
 many. Museums, libraries,         have short films, slide shows,    loadable panels celebrating      Grand Rapids between 1887
                                                                     “Valiant Maryland Women,”        and 1920.
                                                                     a traveling suffrage exhibit         Arkansas Heritage
                                                                     and more. The Center opened      (arkansasheritage.com) is
                                                                     the year with a panel on “The    featuring their series “Sand-
                                                                     Next 100 Years: Continuing       wiching in History,” virtual
                                                                     the Work of Our Maryland         noon-time tours of significant
                                                                     Foremothers.” There’s also a     state sites, and a series of
                                                                                                      “Suffrage in Sixty Seconds”
                                                                                                      radio spots. Florida’s Cen-
                                                                                                      tennial Commission’s website
                                                                                                      offers “Suffrage Tea Time,”
                                                                                                      a virtual monthly series of
                                                                                                      informative interviews,
                                                                                                      lectures, and discussions
                                                                                                      (floridasuffrage100.org).
                                                                                                          North Carolina
                                                                                                      (ncder.gov) has an education-
                                                                                                      al online interactive exhibit,
                                                                     Unveiling a new display panel    “She Changed the World:
                                                                     on activists in Massachusetts.   North Carolina Women
                                                                                                      Breaking Barriers,” and other
                                                                     new Maryland Museum of           suffrage resources. The Mu-
                                                                     Women’s History in Centre-       seum of the American Revo-
 “Fight for the Right: 100 Years of Women Voting” Exhibit at
 the Museum of California in Sacramento.
                                                                     ville whose first exhibit was    lution (amrevmuseum.org)
                                                                     “Enslavement to Emancipa-        in Philadelphia is having a
                                   videos, calendars and news-       tion: Voices Not Heard,”         virtual exhibit to April 25,
 historical societies and state
                                   letters to keep you informed.     (marylandmuseumofwomens          2021, “When Women Lost
 government all paid tribute to
                                   They are all worth exploring.     history.org).                    the Vote: A Revolutionary
 women’s achievement. Since
                                   See the Free Centennial Re-           Tennessee’s group            Story, 1776-1807.”
 the suffrage movement was
                                   sources box (page 5) for a list   (tnwoman100) has an ongo-            In Iowa, there are plans
 based in the states, this fresh
                                   of state centennial sites.        ing Commemoration at the         for an original musical, The
 attention uncovered new
                                                                     Parthenon and the exhibit        Suffragist, July 16-18 in Ce-
 information, forgotten local
                                                                     “Ratified! Tennessee Women       dar Falls, postponed from last
 leaders, and a largely            Celebrations in
 unknown part of our national      the States
 history.
      Recoginizing the             Centennial activists in
 centennial in 2021 as well as     Massachusetts (suffrage
 2020 increases our chances of     100MA.org) just launched
 engaging the public and pays      their “1000 Classrooms Initi-
 fitting tribute to these women    ative” to identify teachers
 and what they accomplished.       who will screen and discuss
 Events and celebrations of        their new educational film,
 women’s political involve-        The Fight for Women’s Suf-
 ment will continue through        frage: Looking Back, March-
 this year and beyond. 2023 is     ing Forward, which high-
 the centennial of the intro-      lights overlooked women of
 duction of the Equal              color. The group maintains a      Women’s basketball coaches and players on teams at several
                                   fine website, continues to        Iowa universities commemorated the 19th Amendment.
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                                                                                                       (womenvote100.org). A
                                                                                                       Legacy video, Reflecting on
                                                                                                       the Suffrage Centennial, and
                                                                                                       an Agency Report highlight
                                                                                                       creative projects throughout
                                                                                                       the country.
                                                                                                           The National Park Service
                                                                                                       (nps.gov/subjects/womenshist
                                                                                                       ory/19th-amendment) has a
                                                                                                       series of very informative
                                                                                                       suffrage articles by scholars
                                                                                                       plus the collection of essays
                                                                                                       from the Centennial Commis-
                                                                                                       sion, “On Their Shoulders:
Vision2020 celebrated the centennial with a SHE Leads Road Rally, a motorcade from                     The Radical Stories of Wom-
Philadelphia to Seneca Falls and back in October.                                                      en’s Fight for the Vote.” The
                                                                                                       National Portrait Gallery also
year (suffragistmusical.com).     fragists, free panel exhibits,                                       offers a set of ten download-
Iowa’s 19th Amendment             collages and more.                                                   able “A Portrait of Persis-
Centennial group, whose               Rhode Island                                                     tence” thematic posters with
motto is “Hard Won, Not           (shallnotbedenied.org) is                                            an exhibition handbook and
Done,” had to suspend in-         helping Girl Scouts earn a                                           user guide, (sites.si.edu/s
person events, but online,        19th Amendment Centennial                                            /topic/0TO1Q000000cZgKW
they offer a fascinating varie-   Patch through July and is also                                       AU/votes-for-women-a-
ty of learning resources in-      hosting an Archiving                                                 portrait-of-persistence).
cluding a curriculum de-                                                                               There’s also “Suffrage at 100:
signed for Grades 9-12 based                                         Girl Scouts in Elk River, Min-    A Visual History” from the
on Iowa Social Studies                                               nesota, received the mayor’s      New York Times
Standards. They also have                                            centennial Women’s Equality       (www.nytimes.com/interactiv
two suffrage wagon replicas                                          Day proclamation in August.       e/2020).
they loan out,                                                                                             The League of Women
(19thamendment-                                                      Thinking Nationally               Voters (lwv.org), which grew
centennial.org).                                                                                       directly out of the suffrage
                                                                     The national grassroots or-
Profiles and                                                         ganization, 2020 Women’s
New Curriculum                                                       Vote Centennial Initiative
                                                                     (2020Centennial.org), will
Utah’s accomplished centen-       Workshop. The website has          continue to offer its expan-
nial group “Better Days           great links, a timeline and        sive website and calendar of
2020” (betterdays2020.com)        other educational materials.       events. Also, check Vision
has developed suffrage cur-           Kentucky (Kentucky             2020 (drexel.edu/vsion2020)
                                  womansuffrageproject.org)                                            movement, is one consistent
riculum for elementary                                               and the National Women’s
                                  offers profiles of state suffra-                                     contact in every state. Over
schools tied to the Utah Core                                        History Alliance for events,
                                  gists, videos, teaching re-                                          700 chapters stay active as
                                                                     information and support.
                                  sources, a Student Activity                                          reliable sources for news and
                                                                         Many national and gov-
                                  book and more. An inspired                                           events. One new effort to
                                                                     ernmental organizations offer
                                  site for educators teaching                                          involve young women is The
                                                                     special suffrage resources,
                                  engaged civics is What Is a                                          Voter Girl Project.
                                                                     like the Library of Congress,
                                  Vote Worth?                                                              The Alice Paul Institute in
                                                                     the Schlesinger Library, and
                                  (whatisavoteworth.org).                                              New Jersey (alicepaul.org),
                                                                     the National Organization for
                                      The wealth of new re-                                            which has just added a series
                                                                     Women, which has a poster
State Standards. They also        sources is astonishing. New                                          of educational videos on its
                                                                     set of 100 voting rights activ-
offer an impressive educa-        research and original source                                         Youtube channel, has agreed
                                                                     ists (now.org/sisters-of-
tional site (UtahWomens His-      material will be indispensible                                       to officially preserve the leg-
                                                                     suffrage).
tory.org).                        in writing the full story of the                                     acy of the historic National
                                                                         The federally funded
    The Washington state          national drive for Votes for                                         Woman’s Party, co-founded
                                                                     Women’s Suffrage Centenni-
group (Suffrage100WA) now         Women and the importance                                             by Alice Paul. The API has
                                                                     al Commission ceased opera-
offers 57 biographical            of suffragists in each state.                                        received the right to use the
                                                                     tion in December but left a
sketches of Washington suf-                                                                            NWP name for future pro-
                                                                     record of events along with
                                                                                                       grams, some possibly in
                                                                     an archived website
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 grams, some possibly in                                                                                Elaine Weiss and Hillary
 Washington D.C. The                                                                                    Clinton, on youtube.com.
 Library of Congress and the                                                                                 The Suffragists, a musical
 National Park Service already                                                                          by Shaina Taub, is discussed
 received NWP collections.                                                                              and two songs are performed
                                                                                                        in a NY Times special on
 New Films on                                                                                           youtube.com.
                                                                                                             The Battle for the Ballot,
 Women’s Suffrage
                                                                                                        composer Stacy Garrop’s 16-
 Several states, like Tennes-                                                                           minute symphonic work fea-
 see, produced their own cen-                                                                           tures quotes from American
 tennial films or worked with                                                                           suffragists plus an interview,
 local filmmakers to create                                                                             cabrillomusic.org/2020-
                                     The White House was lit up in suffrage colors for Equality Day.    season.
 programs like the Iowa PBS
 film, Carrie Chapman Catt:                                                                                  A Suffrage Centennial
                                         Finding Justice: The Un-           “Unceasing Militant: The    Playlist of 90 rousing songs
 Warrior for Women.
                                     told Story of Women’s Fight        Life of Mary Church Terrell,”   assembled by Joyce Rouse,
                                     for the Vote is a 19-minute        a new biography by Alison       earthmama.org/her-story.
                                     documentary just produced          M. Parker,                           American Journalism’s
                                     by the Justice Bell Founda-             “An Unfinished Revolu-     Suffrage and the Media
                                     tion in Pennsylvania. They         tion: Edna Buckman Kearns       website offers links to books,
                                     also funded a Justice Bell         and the Struggle for Wom-       articles, film clips, interviews
                                     replica as a public art project    en’s Rights,” a finely-tuned    and much more, suffrageand
                                     (justicebell.org).                 and delightful family memoir,   themedia.org
                                         The 19th Amendment: A          with photographs, by grand-          She Resisted: Strategies of
                                     Woman’s Right to Vote is the       daughter and long-time          Suffrage, an interactive presen-
                                     Annenberg Center’s award-          activist Marguerite Kearns.     tation with great visuals, relat-
                                     winning video (Annenberg                                           ed to The Vote PBS Special,
                                     publicpolicycenter.org).                                           www.pbs.org/wgbh/american
                                                                                                        experience/features/vote-she-
                                     Recent &                                                           resisted.
                                                                                                             UNLADYLIKE2020 has
                                     Upcoming Books
                                                                                                        films profiling diverse and
     Without a Whisper —                                                                                little-known American
 Konnon:Kwe is a new docu-           Look for new books through-
                                                                                                        women from the early 20th
 mentary film by Katsitsionni        out the year, including these
                                                                                                        century and today who follow
 Fox on how Indigenous               recent and upcoming titles:
                                                                                                        in their footsteps. Visit their
 women influenced early suf-         “A Vote for Women,” a beau-
                                                                                                        resource-rich website,
 fragists in their fight for free-   tifully illustrated coffee table
                                                                                                        unladylike2020.com.
 dom and equality, featuring         book produced by St. James
                                                                                                             The Crisis: A Record of
 Mohawk Bear Clan Mother             House in London with the
                                                                                                        Darker Races, founded by
 Louise Herne and professor          Women Vote Centennial Ini-
                                                                                                        W.E.B. DuBois in 1910,
 Sally Roesch Wagner                 tiative,
                                                                                                        was the magazine of the
 (withoutawhisperfilm.com).              “One Woman, One Vote,”
                                                                        New York suffragist and jour-   newly-formed NAACP, now
     Into Light is a dramatic        an expanded second edition         nalist Edna Buckman Kearns.     digitized – go to the source,
 13-minute film, now stream-         with incisive essays by a mul-
                                                                                                        www.modjourn.org
 ing on Amazon Prime, featur-        titude of scholars,                   New state books include           Women and Social
 ing a powerful portrayal by             “We Demand: The Suf-           “Pioneering the Vote: The       Movements has generated
 Amy Walker of suffragist            frage Road Trip,” Anne Gass’       Untold Story of Suffragists     hundreds of profiles and
 Inez Milholland’s last speech       fictionalized version of Sara      in Utah and the West” by        writings of both White and
 in Los Angeles (intolight           Bard Field’s cross-country         Neylan McBaine and “A           Black suffragists at docu-
 official.com). Los Angeles-         journey as seen by the unher-      Simple Justice: Kentucky        ments.alexanderstreet.com/
 based Wild West Women,              alded Swedish women who            Women Fight for the Vote”       VOTESforWOMEN
 who made the inspiring doc-         drove her,                         by Melanie Beals Goan.               WEAR Organization
 umentary, Inez Milholland ~             “Bohemians West: Free
                                                                                                        works to increase recognition
 Forward into Light, continues       Love, Family, and Radicals in      A Few Favorites                 of women’s history in middle
 to present films and lead dis-      Twentieth Century America,”
                                                                                                        and high schools in Fairfax
 cussions about historical           Sherry L. Smith’s portrait of      Women’s Fight for the Vote      County, Virginia
 women (wildwest                     western suffragist Sara Bard       Centennial talk with author     (w-e-a-r.org).
 women.org).                         Field and poet CES Wood,
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In hats and suits, resolute members of the Men’s League for Woman Suffrage march up Fifth Avenue during the May 2, 1913 suffrage parade in New York City.

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10 WOMEN’S HISTORY

                          Women’s Equality Week
On August 18, 1920, the Votes for Women Amendment was ratified by the state of Tennessee, the last state
needed for ratification. Certified on August 26, 1920, it became the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.
In 1973 Congress recognized the important historic event by designating August 26th as “Women’s Equality
Day.” In 2021, we want to expand Women’s Equality Day to Women’s Equality Week from the day of ratifica-
tion day - August 18th to the day of certification day - August 26, culminating the week by having Women’s
Equality Day, August 26th recognized as a national holiday. Please join us.

                    It’s Time to Update the National Calendar
This is a Call to Action to recognize Equality Day,            civic and nonprofit bodies, city and county boards and
August 26, as a national holiday.                              state legislatures to celebrate Women’s Equality Day an-
   We are entering a new chapter in American history, 100      nually and to officially adopt this Resolution to make it
years after passage of the 19th Amendment, and the Na-         a national holiday that honors American women.
tional Women’s History Alliance wants to make sure that
multicultural women have a prominent place on the new             Women’s Equality Day
national calendar.
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August 26 a national holiday.
   The first step for a significant date to become a
national holiday is for people to observe it themselves,
every year, regardless of official sanction.
   The NWHA calls on individuals, businesses, civic and
nonprofit bodies, city and county boards and state legisla-
tures to celebrate Women’s Equality Day annually and to
officially adopt this Resolution to make it a national holi-
day that honors American women. Our goal for Women’s
Equality Day to become a widely observed, festive multi-
cultural holiday with lasting historical importance.
  We will have downloadable version of the Celebrate
Women’s Equality Day as a National Holiday Petition on
our website. The NWHA calls on individuals, businesses,
WOMEN’S HISTORY 11

  Proposing August 26
  as a National Holiday
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the names and locations of organizations, business-
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WHEREAS, there is no national holiday that
recognizes women and their many contributions
to American life.
WHEREAS, the women of the United States
have historically been treated as second-class
citizens and have often been denied the full
rights and privileges, public or private, legal or
institutional, which are available to male citi-
zens of the United States; and
WHEREAS, the women of the United States
have united to assure that these rights and privi-
leges are available to ALL citizens equally, and
WHEREAS, the women of the United States
have designated August 26, the anniversary date
                                                           ERA Update
of the certification of the Nineteenth Amend-
                                                           The Equal Rights Amend-
ment, which culminated a 72-year, non-violent
                                                           ment is a proposed amend-
campaign to extend the right to vote to women,
                                                           ment to the United States
as a symbol of the continued fight for equal
                                                           Constitution designed to
rights: and
                                                           guarantee equal legal rights
WHEREAS, the women of the United States                    for all American citizens regardless of sex. It seeks
are to be commended and supported in their                 to end the legal distinctions between men and
organizations and activities,                              women in terms of divorce, property, employment,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that                       and other matters.
Women’s Equality Day commemorating that day                   Three-State Strategy: Bills to remove the time
in 1920, on which the women of America won                 limit of seven years that had been imposed on the
their right to vote will be recognized and cel-            ERA’s ratification process and declare it complete
ebrated as an opportunity to continue to work for          when three-fourths (38) of the states ratify, thereby
equal rights for ALL citizens.                             retaining the existing 35 state ratifications as viable.
                                                              Legislation is pending in Congress to remove any
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WOMEN’S HISTORY 10

     Valiant Women of the Vote 2021 Honorees
12 WOMEN’S HISTORY

     Valiant Women of the Vote 2021 Honorees
   A
            VICTORY as important as
            women winning the right to
            vote deserves an extended
   celebration. That’s why the National
   Women’s History Alliance is leading
   the drive to celebrate women’s historic
   achievements throughout 2021.
      In recognition of the ongoing cel-
   ebrations of the centennial of the 19th
   Amendment, we are honoring women
                                                     Lucy  Burns
                                                     Lucy Burns
                                                                                     Carrie Chapman
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WOMEN’S HISTORY 10

                                                                                                                                                       WOMEN’S HISTORY 13

      Valiant Women of the Vote 2021 Honorees                                                                                                   WOMEN’S HISTORY 11

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WOMEN’S HISTORY 10

14 WOMEN’S HISTORY

      Valiant Women of the Vote 2021 Honorees                                                                                                     WOMEN’S HISTORY 12

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