GLOUCESTER, Mass. (March 14, 2023) — In honor of Women’s History Month, League of Women Voters of Massachusetts (LWVMA) and Suffrage100MA are presenting a Women’s History Month Celebration on Tuesday, March 28th, 2023 at the Gloucester Stage Company in Gloucester, MA. The event will include a screening of Suffrage100MA’s film, “The Fight for Women’s Suffrage: Looking Back, Marching Forward,” followed by a panel discussion, exhibit on Black suffragists and reception. Event co-sponsors include local chapters of LWVMA, the Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition, and the North Shore Juneteenth Association.
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December 2022: Give the Gift of MA Women’s History
Dear Friend, Since 2010, with the support of friends like you, Suffrage100MA has worked to provide inclusive, educational, cultural, and civic programming about women, including our annual Women’s Equality Day event, centered on promoting the important intersectional history of women’s voting rights and inspiring future generations to exercise their franchise. 2023 is Suffrage100MA’s year of “Looking Forward” — and […]
Giving Tuesday 2022
Dear Friend, This GIVING TUESDAY, cast your support for Massachusetts women’s history! When you donate to Suffrage100MA for Giving Tuesday, it will be matched 100% – so your $25 donation will yield $50, etc! Thanks to our generous supporters, Suffrage100MA marched ONWARD into 2022 with the suffragist spirit! We were pleased to present in-person […]
Fall 2022 Newsletter
In this issue, Suffrage100MA reminds everyone to VOTE on November 8! Other news and photos from recent events include unveilings of Massachusetts women’s suffrage markers, our Women’s Equality Day celebration in August, and Roaring Twenties Lawn Party. PLUS – the latest news on Suffrage100MA’s transition into the Massachusetts Women’s History Center!
Telegram & Gazette: Suffragist Sarah E. Wall honored with marker at location of home that city took in 1863
October 25, 2022 – A marker honoring a 19th-century Worcester suffragist was unveiled Monday at Sycamore and Main streets. The marker observes Sarah E. Wall’s efforts toward women’s rights when she refused to pay property taxes on her home at 2 Sycamore St. starting in 1851 on account of not being able to vote as a […]
Spectrum News 1: Trail marker for women’s suffrage movement leader Sarah E. Wall unveiled in Worcester
October 24, 2022 – The City of Worcester unveiled a trail marker for women’s suffrage movement leader Sarah E. Wall Monday. Wall was a women’s rights activist and abolitionist from Worcester. The marker, at the corner of Sycamore Street and Main Street, is near Wall’s former property and is part of the National Votes for […]
Worcester Unveils Sarah E. Wall Women’s Suffrage Trail Marker
Contact: Fredie Kay WORCESTER, Mass. (October 20, 2022) — Suffrage100MA and the City of Worcester will proudly unveil an historic women’s suffrage marker honoring the legacy of Sarah E. Wall, on Monday, October 24 at 4:00pm at the corner of Sycamore Street and Main Street (GPS address: 681 Main Street, Worcester, MA). The marker will celebrate […]
Dorchester Reporter: Public Garden is host to anniversary celebration of Women’s Equality Day
September 8, 2022 – Women’s Equality Day at the Boston Public Garden on Aug. 24 celebrated the 102nd anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment that gave many women in the United States the right to vote with an event hosted by Suffrage100MA and the Boston Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement that discussed reproductive […]
Boston Globe: Markers give suffragists their due: ‘If they did it back then, we can do it now’
Boston Globe, August 28, 2022 — More than 200 markers — five in Massachusetts — are being installed through the National Votes for Women Trail. An initiative of the National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites, the trail commemorates the centennial in 2020 of the adoption of the 19th Amendment guaranteeing women voting rights, and includes […]
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