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Share 0 More Next Blog» Create Blog Sign In Home About US Intern Program Blog Contributors Fair Use Policy OCTOBER 23, 2012 SEARCH THIS BLOG Search 25,000 Women March for the Right to Vote Exactly 97 years ago, 25,000 women marched in New York City demanding VISIT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON DIGITAL LIBRARY their right to vote. The mighty roar of their voices was heard and in 1920, the http://digital.lib.uh.edu/ Nineteenth Amendment was passed, granting women the right to vote in the Our goal is to showcase digital collections of materials United States. documenting the history of the University of Houston, City of Houston, and State of Texas, as well as other One of the key players in bringing about the passage of the Nineteenth historically and culturally significant materials related to Amendment was Texan Minnie Fisher Cunningham, who convinced a New the University’s teaching and research mission. Mexico senator to submit the bill in Congress, and even met with President Woodrow Wilson in the Oval Office. The digital collections currently available for display are composed of unique images drawn from the collections The University of Houston Digital Library is proud to have a large collection of of the University of Houston Libraries and others on Mrs. Cunningham's papers, totaling at 200 individual items, including a campus. We’re opening our doors and extending our walls to feature some of our hidden gems. Please enjoy! correspondence with President Wilson. To celebrate women's right to vote during this election, here are some of the SUBSCRIBE BY EMAIL best of Minnie Fisher Cunningham's documents, including the letter from the President. And don't forget: go vote! Enter your email address: Subscribe Delivered by FeedBurner Subscribe in a reader LIKE US ON FACEBOOK UH Digital Services on Facebook Like UH Digital Services Today we celebrate the birth of one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century! UH Digital Library Blog - University of Houston: Happy Birthday Pablo Picasso uhdigitallibrary.blogspot.com Thursday at 10:18am Image of Minnie Fisher Cunningham in an article in the Houston Chronicle. The article talks about UH Digital Services Mrs. Cunningham's effort's to secure the amendment to vote in Texas. Read more here. Women's right to vote was possible thanks to the efforts of thousands of 444 people like UH Digital Services. Kash Mary Kimberly Anna Rebecca Benjamin Natasha Tuğba Ahmed Maaria Jorge Thushi UH Digital Library on Facebook FOLLOW US ON TWITTER Tweet 10 UH Digital Library UHDigital uhdigital The weekend has a perfect score for picnics. Come check out where you can have one! fb.me/21RAh8Y2F 8 days ago · reply · retweet · favorite uhdigital A brief history of Olympic Athletics told through photographs of some of our own UH athletes! fb.me/26lu4gBMo 5 days ago · reply · retweet · favorite uhdigital Women's right to vote was possible thanks to the efforts of thousands of brave women. Come learn about a local... fb.me/1zsVXY889 4 days ago · reply · retweet · favorite Join the conversation DIGITAL IMAGES Is there a difference between MEN and WOMEN voters? This article claims so! One line reads: "the NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO HAVE EVER ASKED to vote is LARGER than the NUMBER OF MEN WHO HAVE EVER ASKED for ANYTHING in the whole history of our country." Read more here. Click Here to Visit our Collections ARCHIVE ! 2012 (253) ! October (18) Happy Birthday Pablo Picasso 25,000 Women March for the Right to Vote Sprinting Through the Olympics Mrs. Blanche Chenoweth invites you to her picnic Early Voting Starting Soon! 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