BOSTON (WBZNewsRadio) – A new historical trail is coming to Massachusetts with five markers celebrating landmarks of both women and men who worked to get women the right to vote. It’s all part of the National Votes for Women Trail and is sponsored by the National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites and celebrates those who […]
Suffrage100MA Partner Invitation Letter
Dear Potential Suffrage100MA Partner, Suffrage100MA is pleased to invite non-profit, non-partisan organizations to submit an application to become a Suffrage100MA Partner, for which there is no fee. Suffrage100MA Background: Suffrage100MA is a non-profit, non-partisan organization, dedicated to commemorating the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment, which prohibits the federal and state governments […]
April 2022 Newsletter
This issue includes a link to watch our recent virtual event with Professor Martha S. Jones and Charlotte Golar Richie, co-sponsored with GBH Network Forum. And also includes an update with links to the suffrage trail marker project and a job description for a consultant for our online women’s history center.
Trail marker for women’s suffrage movement leader Sarah E. Wall being installed on Main Street corner in Worcester
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Suffrage100MA, a nonprofit commemorating the adoption of the 19th Amendment, is installing five historic women’s suffrage markers across Massachusetts.
A historic women’s suffrage trail marker for Sarah E. Wall is being installed this spring, as part of the National Votes for Women Trail. The sign will be at the intersection of Sycamore Street and Main Street.
We Did It For You! Women’s Journey Through History
Thanks to those who were able to join us for a film screening and Q&A with Playwright Thea Iberall on February 22, 2022! If you were not able to join us, please visit wediditforyou.org for information on future screenings. Join us on Tuesday, February 22, 2022 for a free film screening of the musical theater production, […]
Suffragists for #StopAntisemitism
Dear Friend, Today, as Suffrage100MA recognizes Holocaust Remembrance Day, we are very concerned about the significant rise in antisemitic attacks in our local communities, across the nation and around the world targeting and terrorizing Jews. This includes the tragic local stabbing of Rabbi Shlomo Noginski last summer in Brighton, MA, as well as the recent January […]
Borderland: The Life & Times of Blanche Ames Ames
Thank you to Kevin Friend, producer and director, and Kate Klise, writer, for joining us for a screening and Q&A session on at 7 p.m. on July 22, 2021! And thanks to those who joined us to watch this terrific film! If you were unable to join, or if you just want to watch […]
Lucy Stone: Voice of the Early Woman Suffrage Movement
LUCY STONE: VOICE OF THE EARLY WOMAN SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT April 15, 2021 7:00 – 8:00 pm on Zoom Watch a recording of the webinar. Join Lucy Stone biographer Joelle Million, author of Woman’s Voice, Woman’s Place: Lucy Stone and the Birth of the Woman’s Rights Movement to learn what motivated Massachusetts native Lucy Stone to become […]
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A 19th Amendment Centennial Film
This film, created by Suffrage100MA to commemorate the centennial of the 19th Amendment being added to the U.S. Constitution, gives a versatile glimpse into the suffrage movement, from the abolitionist movement in the 19th century that led to the suffrage movement, to the ratification of the 19th Amendment 100 years ago. Learn the dramatic […]
March 2021