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The women's suffrage journal, the Woman Voter, had a dedicated art editor, Ida Proper. [34] During the last twenty years of the movement, suffragists emphasized the idea of women's suffrage being a benefit to society. [35] By 1910, suffragists were the ones most often designing and distributing the imagery they wanted to use. [30]
While Black, Indigenous, and immigrant women also fought for women's suffrage, their faces are rarely seen in historical imagery celebrating the 19th amendment. Photos give glimpses into the long ...
English: Official program - Woman suffrage procession, Washington, D.C. March 3, 1913. Cover of program for the National American Women's Suffrage Association procession, showing woman, in elaborate attire, with cape, blowing long horn, from which is draped a "votes for women" banner, on decorated horse, with U.S. Capitol in background.
Proper also organized a suffrage poster contest in New York to support the upcoming vote on the women's suffrage amendment. [22] The prize for the best design was $50 and the words "Vote for the Woman Suffrage Amendment, November 2, 1915" were to be included in the design. [23]
On August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote. The amendment came after more than 70 years of struggle for women suffragists. Tennessee ...
The project, “Building the Movement: America's Youth Celebrate 100 Years of Women's Suffrage," will showcase artwork by students in grades three to 12 from all U.S. states and territories.
We Demand the Right to Vote: The Journey to the 19th Amendment is a 2020 illustrated non-fiction book by Meneese Wall. The book covers an overview of the women's suffrage movement in the United States , from 1848 to 1920.
The amendment was the culmination of a decades-long movement for women's suffrage in the United States, at both the state and national levels, and was part of the worldwide movement towards women's suffrage and part of the wider women's rights movement. The first women's suffrage amendment was introduced in Congress in 1878.