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! 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