North Manchester Center For History To Host 100 Years Of Voting Rights For Women Exhibit
July 23, 2021 at 10:21 p.m.
By Staff Report-
The exhibit, Securing the Vote: Women’s Suffrage in Indiana will be open to the public until Aug. 21, Tuesdays through Saturdays at the Center for History in North Manchester, according to a provided news release.
Securing the Vote: Women’s Suffrage in Indiana explores how women across the state labored for suffrage through countless meetings, campaigns and other grassroots efforts. Guests will learn how, despite defeats and setbacks, they persisted toward the goal of full citizenship and the power to make change through voting.
The traveling exhibit covers the first Indiana Woman’s Rights Convention held in Dublin, Ind., in 1851 and follows the fight through Indiana’s ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Along the way, it delves into stories of change at the local level, such as the first woman elected to the Indianapolis School Board in 1909. The exhibit also follows the evolution of state groups, such as the Legislative Council of Women.
Securing the Vote: Women’s Suffrage in Indiana is a project of the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial, catalyzed by the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, Indiana Humanities, the Indianapolis Propylaeum, the Indiana Historical Society and the Indiana Historical Bureau, with support from Lilly Endowment Inc.
For more information or to plan your visit, call 260-982-0672 or visit www.northmanchestercenterforhistory.org.
The exhibit, Securing the Vote: Women’s Suffrage in Indiana will be open to the public until Aug. 21, Tuesdays through Saturdays at the Center for History in North Manchester, according to a provided news release.
Securing the Vote: Women’s Suffrage in Indiana explores how women across the state labored for suffrage through countless meetings, campaigns and other grassroots efforts. Guests will learn how, despite defeats and setbacks, they persisted toward the goal of full citizenship and the power to make change through voting.
The traveling exhibit covers the first Indiana Woman’s Rights Convention held in Dublin, Ind., in 1851 and follows the fight through Indiana’s ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Along the way, it delves into stories of change at the local level, such as the first woman elected to the Indianapolis School Board in 1909. The exhibit also follows the evolution of state groups, such as the Legislative Council of Women.
Securing the Vote: Women’s Suffrage in Indiana is a project of the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial, catalyzed by the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, Indiana Humanities, the Indianapolis Propylaeum, the Indiana Historical Society and the Indiana Historical Bureau, with support from Lilly Endowment Inc.
For more information or to plan your visit, call 260-982-0672 or visit www.northmanchestercenterforhistory.org.
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