How Women Won the Vote nwhp.org 13 Host a Showing of a Suffrage Film The projects found in this section are great ways to Choose a film that highlights the struggles and ac- Visit a Local Museum celebrate the history of suffrage and add to the grow- complishments of the Women’s Suffrage Movement. • Women’s History of California http://womens ing database of information. You don’t need historical Partner with your local college campus theater, or museumca.org/ training to participate. There is so much history to be women’s club to show the film. Invite champions of • National Woman’s Party http://nationalwom uncovered - every effort counts. Women’s History to be part of a panel discussion. ansparty.org/ • National Voting Museum http://nvrmi.com/ Prefer a more intimate gathering? Invite your friends Visit Your Local Archives and Library and family over to view the film and use the discussion Don’t have a local museum to visit? The History questions to hold a lively discussion about Women’s Create a Temporary Museum In truth, the victory of suffrage was a hard won fight voting rights then and now. Partner with local historical societies and education- that was a culmination of actions both big and small, al institutions.to create exhibits displaying informa- that were taken by women in every city, county, and tion on the suffrage movement. The displays can be state in our country. With- housed at your local mall, library, or public entity out the courageous acts that supports women’s history. of countless women, the vote would likely never Collaborate with your local library and bookstores Author’s Corner at have been won. It’s time local bookstore/ that these nameless wom- library en receive the recognition Ask your local that they deserve. Your lo- library to create a cal archive is a great place to discover these women. display that high- Viewing Guide with discussion questions: lights women’s Share Your Discoveries http://ymiclassroom.com/wp-content/up- suffrage How To loads/2015/10/suffragette_kit.pdf for an entire month. • Visit your local archives. • Share your vision with the archives' director and Make It a Local Event Image from http://librarianondisplay.blogspot. staff. They are a great resource. Parades com/2015/03/march-she-believed-she-could-so-she- • Think outside the box; review census data, read The History did.html newspaper articles, look in phone books, scan images. March 3, 1913, Alice Paul organized a parade for suf- Design a Mural • Share your discoveries and the important frage through Washington D.C., one day before the locations in your town with city officials and histori- Work with your local community members, schools, inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson. The pa- cal societies. rade hosted 8,000 participants, nine marching bands, and artist to create a mural that honors the centen- 20 floats, and a performance in front of the Treasury nial of the vote. Create a map of your local suffrage sites. Building. As the marchers approached Pennsylvania • You may want to partner with local schools, histori- Avenue, they were blocked by thousands of spectators cal societies, women’s groups, and tourism boards who were mostly men. The police did not intervene to identify key locations where where rallies, teas, and many marchers were assaulted. Over 100 march- and demonstrations were held in your town. ers were hospitalized. The violent assault of the march- • Once you’ve identified these important, and likely ers received national attention and gained support for unknown locations construct a visual representation the movement. of spots to visit. • Distribute copies of the map through bookstores, How To local libraries, and other businesses that would be • Begin today interested. • Don't worry about starting small • Post it online. • Create a local Centennial Coalition • Identify the best time of year, ie. March, Memorial Girls Scouts Possible Funding Sources • Local Banks Day, Equality Day, etc. The Girl Scouts offers several opportunities to earn • Identify organizations that support Women's History • Local Newspaper a badge related to Women’s History. For more infor- • Bookstore, local business, state libraries, historical • Contact your local planning committee for input mation for your Girl Scout troop or to collaborate • Build on your momentum societies with the Girl Scouts on a project visit https://www. • Sell advertisements on the back of the map girlscouts.org • Tourism Board A great way to get the community involved is to work with your historical society, tourism board, and local volunteers to give tours of your local suffrage sites. Historical Societies Ask what they have planned for the 2020 Centen- nial. Recruit their participation in a coalition. Everyday Historians Keep Informed and Stay Involved The 2020 Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative The National Women’s History Project really started (WVCI) is the central organizing and information as an "everyday historian” project where supporters website for programs, projects, and activities for traveled throughout the nation uncovering and re- commemorating the Women's Suffrage Centen- For more step-by-step directions try this link: discovering photographs, documents, and historical nial, which will provide information and resources https://festivalsandevents.com/festival-planning/ artifacts that expanded our understanding of the to educate the public on the legal and social Parades.shtml historical impact of women. We encourage you to advances resulting from the amendment, and to continue this legacy by becoming an "everyday his- Short on Time? stimulate dialogue to address the ongoing fight torian." Contribute findings and projects to the Votes For your local parade, create a Women’s Suffrage float for women’s rights. https://www.2020centennial. for Women National Trail. www.ncwhs.org/index. and decorate with suffrage colors and dress like iconic org/about suffragists. php/projects/trails/293-votes-for-women-trail 14 nwhp.org National Women's History Project Continued from Page 11 South Carolina Annette Finnigan Ellen Glasgow Sarah Pugh Mary Eleanor Brackenridge Mary Johnston Margaretta Forten Never voted www.tshaonline.org/handbook/on- Mary Munford Wilmer Atkinson Rejected ratification January line/articles/viw01 Jane Porter Barrett Eliza Turner 28, 1920 encyclopediavirginia.org/Woman_Suf- Lucy Anthony Ratified July 1, 1969 frage_in_Virginia Woman Suffrage James Mott Utah in Virginia Robert Purvis Angelina Grimke Anita Politzer Hanna Whitall Smith Became a state with equal Virginia Durant Young www.jstor.org/ suffrage 1896 Margaret Vale (Mrs. George stable/1011990?seq=1#page_scan_ Ratified October 2, 1919 tab_contents Howe) Mrs. John Gary Evans Emmeline B. Wells Hannah Hemphill Coleman Emily S. Richards Harriet Powe Lynch Sarah M. Kimball Mrs. E. S. Durant Clarissa Smith Williams Charlotta Rollin Elizabeth A. Hayward Helen E. Vaughan Mrs. Clesson S. Kinney Sarah Grimke Hannah Lapish Mary Shields Pyle Susan Pringle Frost Lydia Alder www.statehousereport. Beulah Storrs Lewis com/2015/02/13/womens-suffrage-in- Tennessee Eliza R. Snow south-carolina/ www.historytogo.utah.gov/utah_ chapters/statehood_and_the_pro- Never voted gressive_era/womenssuffrageinutah. South Dakota Presidential Suffrage 1919 html Ratified August 18, 1920 Defeated 1890, 1898, 1910, Abby Crawford Milton Emma Smith DeVoe 1914, 1916 Anne Dallas Dudley Sara Algeo Passed 1918 Catherine Talty Kenny Ratified December 4, 1919 Harry T. Burn Washington J. Frankie Pierce Rhode Island Anna R. Simmons Lizzie Crozier French Emma A. Cramer Eleanore McCormack Defeated 1889, 1898 Defeated 1887 Lydia B. Johnson Sara Barnwell Elliott Passed 1910 Presidential Suffrage 1917 Mary Shields Pyle Lizzie Crozier-French Ratified March 22, 1920 Ratified January 6, 1920 Emma deVoe Elizabeth Avery Meriwether Bertha Knight Landes Mildred Glines Philena Everett Johnson Lide Meriwether Cora Smith Eaton Bertha Higgins Della Robinson King Katherine Burch Warner Emma Smith DeVoe Elizabeth Buffum Chace Rose Bower Adella Parker www.sdhspress.com/journal/ Sue Shelton White Sara Algeo www.tennesseeencyclopedia.net/ Margaret Bayne Annie Peck south-dakota-history-13-3/woman- entry.php?rec=1528 May Arkwright Hutton Sophia Little suffrage-in-south-dakota-the-final- Mrs. Homer M. Hill Esther Abelson decade-1911-1920/vol-13-no-3- Missouri Hanna Mary E. Jackson woman-suffrage-in-south-dakota.pdf" www.washingtonhistory.org/research/ Frances H. Whipple \t "_blank" sdhspress.com whc/milestones/suffrage/ Paulina Wright Davis www.rihs.org/mssinv/mss021.htm Emmeline B. Wells Vermont Never voted Ratified February 8, 1921 Clarina Nichols Lucinda Stone Lon J. C. Daniels Fanny B. Fletcher Amanda Seaver Grace Sherwood Laura Moore Anne Dallas Dudley Carolyn Scott Annette W. Parmelee Texas www.vermonthistory.org/research/ Suffagists leaflet men on a streetcar, probably in New Jersey in 1915. research-resources-online/green- May Arkwright Hutton mountain-chronicles/women-get-the- Never voted From the 1912 suffrage campaign in Kansas Passed Primary Suffrage 1918 vote-1920 Defeated 1919 West Virginia he treasurer reported $37.50 received as membership fees, Ratified June 28, 1919 Virginia Tand $100, as a gift from Mrs. Catt. This was a small sum to Christia Adair begin a campaign for about 500,000 votes, but all hearts were Jane McCallum Defeated 1916 Ratified March 10, 1920 filled with courage. Jovita Idar de Juarez Never voted Harriet B. Jones “With votes as with most of the dollars – they were not coming Minnie Fisher Cunningham Rejected ratification February unsought, and in order to make sure of them they must be looked Helen Moore Lenna Lowe Yost 12, 1920 Jessie G. Manley for in their own habitat. This the women did on horseback, in Annette Finnigan Ratified February 21, 1952 Marie Ames wagons, carriages, steam cars and automobiles. They were found Elizabeth Finnigan Elizabeth Herndon Potter Addie Waites Hunton Mrs. John L. Ruhl in the shops, offices and stores, at the fairs, conventions and J. H. Kirkpatrick Lila Meade Valentine Jesse A. Blotch Chautauquas, at the theater and the circus, on the farms and the Marie B.