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Events
Suffrage100MA Events
Suffrage100MA has sponsored events annually since its inception in 2010. The first event was to commemorate the 90th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment in 2010.
Events include:
-Celebrations of Women's Equality Day, August 26, at the Swan Boats in the Boston Public Garden
-Film Screenings relevant to suffrage and women's rights
-Forums and Presentations with speakers, authors, or performances
-Marches and Rallies
Suffrage Centennial Kickoff Celebration Video Clips
Click on the photo to watch the video clip. Karyn Polito, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Maura Healey, Attorney General of Massachusetts Karen Spilka, President of the Massachusetts Senate Robert DeLeo, Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Yvonne Spicer, Mayor of Framingham Kim Driscoll, Mayor of Salem Andrea Campbell, President, Boston City Council Barbara Lee, […]
Suffrage Centennial Kickoff Invitation
The Equal Rights Amendment, Why Now?
Prof. Cynthia Enloe, Sunday, April 28, 4pm, Needham Library
I Want to Go to Jail
On Thursday, February 28, 2019, the Women’s Suffrage Celebration Coalition of Massachusetts (WSCC), the Brandeis University Women’s Studies Research Center, the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail, and We Did it For You! Women’s Journey Through History co-sponsored a commemoration of the centennial of a seminal moment in the 72-year woman suffrage movement: the last suffragists arrested […]
Women’s Equality Day 2018
In 2018 Women’s Equality Day was celebrated at the Swan Boats on August 23. The program included author Barbara Berenson, Judith Kalaora as “Lucy Stone,” and remarks from MassVOTE Executive Director Cheryl Clyburn Crawford. Once again City Hall and the Zakim Bridge were awash with purple for Women’s Equality Day.
