#19thAmendment

[kelseyraeartistnpc]

🔮✨ Horoscope for February 26th: Today's celestial alignment encourages you to embrace your inner strength and resilience! On this day in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was passed, granting women the right to vote. Let this historic moment inspire you to stand up for what you believe in and empower others to do the same! 💪🗳️

[ikno-io]

Explore the history, key milestones, and ongoing fight for women's suffrage. Understand what women's suffrage is and its importance in the global struggle for gender equality. read the full article: https://bit.ly/4euhZbB #Women'sSuffrage #RightToVote #Women'sRights #19thAmendment #Equality read more: what is women's suffrage

[adventuresinhistory]

Blog Post 8 Digital Project Review Draft

 Dr. Kathleen Thompson’s Ratification of the 19th Amendment: Timeline Map is a digital tour through the US centered on the sites where each state ratified the 19th amendment. This work is a thematic research collection with links to additional works in women’s history. Perhaps poorly named, the project is much more a map and archive than a timeline.

Hosted on Clio, a site typically used for generating local historic walking tours, and an interesting choice for a nationwide “timeline map”. The tour features a Google maps base route to each of the 48 state houses where ratification took place. While the tour through the state house follows the chronological order of ratification the site fails to provided a timeline that truly portrays the difference in speed at which each state ratified the amendment. This is especially unfortunate as the roughly 50 year difference between the first few states to ratify and the last featured, Florida, is reflective of the long fight suffragettes faced to secure women’s rights prior to the introduction of the 19thamendment. 

On the tour, each stop features a quick introduction the to state’s path to ratification. Additionally, digitized pictures, three dimension rendering of the state capitols,  and news articles provide visualizations to enhance the entry. The site’s strongest point comes from the additional information links at each site. These links lead to additional sources on women’s fight for equality in each state. They  feature both additional digital resources as well as places to obtain printed materials on the topic. These link form the basis of the archive which can generate continued research on the subject. 

Besides these outside links, the site is lacking in contextualization. It does not address the historiography of women’s rights. Not only does it fail to fully realized the temporal delays in ratification after congressional adoption of the amendment, it fails to address the larger social, cultural, and economic factors the influenced ratification. 

The  site is very user friendly. The site works well on mobile platforms, which makes it a prime resource for our increasing on the go culture. Additionally, built in speech to text services are available on each page for the stops through out the tour. This increases the sites accessibility for neurodivergent visitors, as well as those with sight-related difficulties. The site also includes full citations for  each page, which can encourage student use of the site in  their own works. 

Overall, the site appears to be more of an archive to support additional research than a fully developed historiographical narrative. As such, it is bound to receive intense scrutiny as a work of scholarly inquiry. However, archival sites like this are equally important in increasing accessibility to historical study as those with clearer narratives. Indeed, one may ever argue sites like this that leave interpretation up to the user are more apt to generating additional research than those that tell the use what to think. 

Bibliography 

Thompson, Kathleen. "Ratification of the 19th Amendment: Timeline Map.” Clio: Your Guide to History. July 7, 2021. Accessed October 25, 2022. https://www.theclio.com/tour/1953

[dakineteens]

Honoring Women's Equality Day

 August 26, 2022

WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE NATIONAL MONUMENT FOUNDATION

Honoring Women's Equality Day

The 19th Amendment was ratified on August 26, 1920, securing American women's constitutional right to vote and marking what is widely recognized as one of the most significant dates in the history of American democracy.

Decades later, Congress designated August 26, 1973 as the first Women's Equality Day. And every year since 1973, Congress and the President have continued the tradition.

Today, we join President Biden and Americans across our Nation as we commemorate Women's Equality Day and remember the brave and bold women who waged and won the battle for the ballot.

Tomorrow, our work continues to build a monument in Washington, D.C. that honors the early American movement for women's equality.

[pixoplanet]

It's August 18th, ♀️ American Women's Suffrage Day. On this day in 1920, a dramatic battle in the Tennessee House of Representatives concluded with the state ratifying the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution. The decisive vote was cast by State Representative Harry T. Burn, who reputedly changed his vote after receiving a note from his mother.

America’s suffrage movement was founded in the mid-19th century by women who worked for the abolitionist and temperance movements. In July 1848, 200 women suffragists, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, met in Seneca Falls, New York, to discuss women’s rights. They passed a resolution that declared, “It is the duty of women of this country to secure their sacred right to vote.” Then in 1900, when Carrie Chapman Catt took over from Susan B. Anthony as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, she prioritized the push for a constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote. The National Women’s Party, led by Lucy Burns and Alice Paul, engaged in civil disobedience, targeting President Woodrow Wilson with protests outside the White House.

Facing growing pressure, Wilson personally appealed to Congress for women’s suffrage. Having voted down the amendment six times, the Senate finally approved it and sent it to the House of Representatives. Thanks to Burn's vote, the House approved the amendment, Tennessee ratified it, and the Constitution was changed to guarantee women the right to vote. However, despite the ratification and the decades-long contributions of Black women to achieve suffrage, local laws, poll taxes, and other restrictions continued to prevent Black women (and men) from voting. It would take more than 40 years for all women to achieve voting equality. ☮️ Peace… Jamiese of Pixoplanet

[librarycompany]

#OnThisDay in 1920, the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote, was ratified. 

This trade card capitalized on the momentum and popularity of the women's suffrage movement while continuing to perpetuate Victorian era notions of womanhood and domesticity. 

Twelve good reasons why the Woman's Suffrage Stove Polish is preferred to all others (United States: ca. 1880). Chromolithograph.    

[whenweallvote]

Happy Women's Equality Day! Today marks the 101st anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. constitution. Today and everyday: here's to the women who speak up, step up, and rise up -- you are the bedrock of this democracy.

[habituallychic]

Did you know that before last week, there was no statue in @centralparknyc that honored or depicted real life women? The Women’s Right’s Monument of Séjourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton was unveiled to mark the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment and women winning the right to vote. I hope this is just the first of many statues honoring real life women to be planned in Central Park. #monumentalwomen #19thamendment #youbettervote #vote (at Central Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEh5pQBH7ds/?igshid=i5nn3bsy4hag

[phenomenalgems]

💎 “So, lifting as we climb, onward and upward we go, struggling and striving, and hoping that the buds and blossoms of our desires will burst forth into glorious fruition ere long.” — Mary Church Terrell. 💎 This week marks 100 years since the 19th amendment was ratified, although the fight to secure American women’s right to vote didn’t end on that day. The women’s suffrage movement was filled with amazing people fighting for the right to speak, and many of their voices (especially those of women of color) were, and continue to be, silenced. 100 years later, we have to continue to fight for ALL of our voices to be heard, and exercise our hard-won right to vote. 💎 My gift to you this week is a beautiful miniature Moonstone tumbled stone, which will be included with orders of any size on PhenomenalGems.Etsy.com! Moonstone is the original goddess stone, and it’s dedicated to all of the amazing women entrepreneurs, mentors and leaders who inspire me. Women pioneers of the world, thank you for your continued strength and struggle! 💎 #suffragettes #womensupportingwomen #womeninspiringwomen #19thamendment #womenssuffrage #moonstone #goddessenergy #inspiredbywomen #divinefeminine #allwomen #blm #adularia #rainbowmoonstone #femaleentrepreneurs #womenownedbusiness #womeninbusiness #womeninpolitics #equalityforall #mentorship #entrepreneurship #leadership #righttovote #vote2020 #votevotevote #useyourvoice #rockthevote #phenomenalgems #etsy #etsyshop #etsycrystals https://www.instagram.com/p/CEFrDChHH7l/?igshid=1bdkgucz9cezc

[laurenyurkovich]

@haightstreetart I’m happy to announce a collaboration with the Haight Street Art Center for the 19th Amendment gallery show. Show opens August 26th in San Francisco. There will be an outdoor exhibit as well as online. - #laurenyurkovich #illustratorsoninstagram #art #contemporaryart #drawing #sanfrancisco #votingrights #makeyourvoiceheard #vote #19thamendment #righttovote #galleryshow #artshow #art #haightstreetartcenter #haightstreet #artistsofinstagram #artist (at San Francisco, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD7AK2xAPeQ/?igshid=wtsrkhb2qxjt

[joelchristiangill]

On the anniversary of Women Sufferage lets not forget Abolitionist, Suffragist, Poet, Educator Frances E.W Harper. This black woman was leading the way ike every social justice movement they push us to be the best version of ourselves. #19thamendment #28daysarenotenough https://www.instagram.com/p/CEClPa9FXYc/?igshid=i65snxtlmezh

[typebyhandblog]

Here’s to 100 years, ladies! . . . #votesforwomen #votesforwomen100years #100years #centennial #suffragist #paintedrocks #paintedstones #type #typography #handmade #handlettering #lettering #typebyhand #goodtype #typegang #19thamendment #19 #moderncalligraphy #photooftheday #instagram (at Newton, Massachusetts) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEAhkPYnrRK/?igshid=w9bc9mq8vqn

[jadeannarose]

Halloween costume post coming at you late, but it wouldn’t be something of mine if it wasn’t late. 🤷🏻‍♀️ This year was the 100th anniversary of the the ratification of the 19th amendment which gave [white] women the right to vote! We still have a long way to go and there were many women who marched that we would view as problematic today, but we can not deny that they were BAD ASSES during their time. Oh, and yes, that bow is based of the sash that Mrs. Banks (Glynis Johns) wore in Mary Poppins. And yes, those are the boots that I bought during LaDuca’s #LaSale this summer. • • • 🎀: @xoelle (gifted by @samashleyrose ) 👗: @laopera costume sale a few years ago 👠: @laducashoes #laducaspook • #halloweencostume #halloween2020 #19thamendment #badassladies #historicalwomen (at Manhattan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHGlo1UjwEW/?igshid=1fpx9wdwpnqpc

[reagangomez]

Context. The 19th Ammendment did not give Women the Right to vote. It gave WW the right to vote. #AllTheWomenArentWhite. The ‘Abolitionist Movement’ made way for the ‘Suffrage Movement’. Black women were not granted the right to vote until the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Reminder that when BM got the right to vote, WW were pissed. How could BM get the right to vote before them? So off of the country’s momentum to end slavery, WW fought WM for the right to vote & purposely kept BW (who had been fighting & organizing to advance EVERYTHING) out. BW in this country did not get the right to vote until the VRA which was stripped by the Repub Congress in 2013. The election of 2016 was the first Presidential election without the VRA & we see it is still needed. It’s no surprise that BW were, not only the last to get the right to vote, but that NO ONE VOTES (percentage wise) more than BW do. We get our families involved. We organize & do that (necessary & often times invisible) work, while being left out by EVERYONE. I don’t know whose lives literally depend on pushing this country to be better, more than Black & Indigenous women. Make sure & check out Kirsten West Savali’s article in #TheRoot. #19thAmendment #VotingRightsAct https://www.instagram.com/p/CECZKVanZeY/?igshid=5rktg1m6a0aj

[kheelcenter]

#OnThisDay 100 years ago, the #19thAmendment was ratified, granting women the right to vote. This image of suffragettes marching through fifth avenue in NYC along with 25,000 people in 1915 was found hidden in a miscellaneous folder in our garment worker photograph collection. The women are wearing sashes with the names of the states that had already given women the right to vote at that time including Washington, Arizona, California, Wyoming, and Montana. . [5780pb68af04, #5780p #ILGWU #Photograph Collection #KheelCenter, #ILRSchool, #Cornell, #CornellRAD] (at Fifth Avenue) https://www.instagram.com/p/CECN9_Qpets/?igshid=1t5gcfceydpau

[suffragettecity100]

Making the 19th Amendment Official

87. Making It Official 

Tennessee voting in favor of suffrage was an unexpected victory (Episode 86). For the next 6 days Anti-suffragists tried to rescind the vote on legal technicalities. Some legislators even fled the state so that the state congress could not call a quorum. However on August 24, 1920, Albert H. Roberts, Governor of Tennessee, certified the official ratification document and sent it on a train to Washington D.C. The packet of papers arrived in the nation’s capitol at 4 a.m. on August 26. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby had it sent to his house. He would officially and quietly sign it into law at 8 a.m. without the presence of any women suffragists. 

Members of both the National American Woman’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and the National Woman’s Party (NWP) had asked to be present. Leaders like Carrie Chapman Catt and Alice Paul wanted to film the event as well. Both of these requests were turned down. Colby was worried that the personal conflict between Catt and Paul and the added drama of reporters with cameras would result in unnecessary spectacle and tensions. He stated “Inasmuch as I am not interested in the aftermath of any of the friction or collisions which may have been developed in the long struggle for the ratification of the amendment, I have contented myself with the performance in the simplest manner of the duty devolving upon me under the law.”

Abby Scott Baker, a suffragist with the NWP, is quoted as having said, “It was quite tragic. This was the final culmination of the women’s fight, and women, irrespective of factions, should have been allowed to be present when the proclamation was signed. However, the women of America have fought a big fight and nothing can take from them their triumph.” 

Carrie Chapman Catt asked Colby to do a reenactment of the signing in order to film it. Colby declined on the grounds that a staged imitation for publicity purposes would detract from the dignity of the event. However Colby remarked that this was “an opening of a great and new era in the political life of the nation”, and offered sincere congratulations to all the women. 

When League of Women Voters lobbyist Jessie Haver Butler (WCW 84) learned that the Amendment had been ratified, she got permission from Catt to plan a celebration event in Washington D.C. at the Poli’s Theater. Colby would read a letter of congratulations from President Wilson and Catt had her triumphant speech ready to go. Lots of people who had not been in favor of suffrage before now wanted to attend the historic event. The NWP women could attend but were not officially invited to take part in the ceremonies and were not allowed on stage. 

Understanding that the combined efforts of progressives and moderates had been necessary to get passage of the 19th Amendment, Butler tried to intervene and bring unity to the women’s movement by personally asking Catt to allow members of the NWP to share the stage with the NAWSA at the celebration. Catt admitted that it would be the right thing but could not bring herself to do it. The personal conflict between Carrie Chapman Catt, leader of the more moderate NAWSA, and Alice Paul, leader of the more radical NWP, was too great (Episode 65). The NWP had already begun to be erased from the mainstream suffrage narrative and received little attention from the press. On the evening of the victory celebration at Poli’s Theater, Alice Paul held a meeting at NWP headquarters and began formulating an idea for a new amendment, one that would protect against gender discrimination for more than just the vote. 

This week’s song pick:

“Dancing in the Streets” by Martha and the Vandellas https://youtu.be/68Uv959QuCg

#SuffragetteCity100 #SufferingForSuffrage

Episode 87 Sources:

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/why-august-26-is-known-as-womans-equality-day/

https://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/womens-suffrage-tennessee-and-passage-19th-amendment

“New York TImes” article from August 27, 1920

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/08/27/96897608.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

Jessie Haver Butler’s personal memoir “From Cowgirl to Congress” pages 120-121 has a detailed account of her conversation with Carrie Chapman Catt. Jessie’s memoir was published posthumously by her granddaughter, Mila Johansen. https://www.milajohansen.com/books