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Check out Suffrage100MA's recent headlines, press clips, and media appearances. Please email Suffrage100MA Founder & President Fredie Kay, Esq. with media inquiries.

New Historical Markers Honoring Women’s Suffrage History Trail In MA

May 6, 2022 By Admin

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 […]

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Trail marker for women’s suffrage movement leader Sarah E. Wall being installed on Main Street corner in Worcester

April 1, 2022 By Admin

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.

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Daily Hampshire Gazette: City Briefing: New historical marker for Sojourner Truth Memorial Park in Northampton

January 26, 2022 By Kevin Gilnack

NORTHAMPTON — A new historical marker will grace Sojourner Truth Memorial Park now that the city has accepted a donation from the Pomeroy Foundation, which is installing roadside markers throughout the country to commemorate suffragists and their work. The City Council approved a plan last week to install the marker in the park on Pine […]

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Dorchester Reporter: Women’s Equality Day marked at Public Garden

September 10, 2021 By Kevin Gilnack

Ayanna Polk unveils Ida B. Wells museum display panel at Suffrage100MA's 2021 Women's Equality Day event

Ayanna Polk of Dorchester was among those who gathered at the Boston Public Garden on Aug. 26 to mark Women’s Equality Day, the anniversary of the day in 1920 when the 19th Amendment was added to the US Constitution after decades of activism to enfranchise women.

Three suffragists —Ida B. Wells, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Boston-born Radcliffe College alumna Maud Wood Park— were memorialized at the event. Polk helped to unveil a panel that focused on Wells.

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Lowell Sun: Beacon Hill Roll Call: Week of Aug. 20-Sept. 3

September 7, 2021 By Kevin Gilnack

Quotable quotes

Suffrage100MA celebrated Women’s Equality Day at the Boston Public Garden last week to commemorate Aug. 26, 1920 — the day the 19th Amendment was added to the U.S. Constitution after more than 70 years of an intense battle to give women the right to vote. The State Department of Transportation illuminated the Zakim, Longfellow, Fore River and Burns Bridges in purple in recognition of the day.

Here are some of the quotes from the event…

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Salem Patch: Sen. Joan Lovely Helps Celebrate Women’s Equality Day

September 2, 2021 By Kevin Gilnack

Sen. Joan Lovely speaking at Women's Equality Day 2021

State Sen. Joan Lovely (D-Salem) stressed the importance of electing more women to statewide office and the legislature as she helped celebrate the anniversary of women’s suffrage at a Women’s Equality Day event at the Boston Public Gardens alongside Massachusetts Women’s Legislative Caucus co-chair Rep. Pat Haddad and other community members.

During her opening remarks, Suffrage100MA Founder and President Fredie Kay highlighted the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, recently adopted by the U.S. House of Representatives, which she said is a critical piece of legislation that fills the gap left by the U.S. Supreme Court decision gutting previous voting protections…. Kay said it was validating for Suffrage100A to have Lovely and Haddad among those at the Public Gardens event.

“Rep. Haddad, Sen. Lovely and our other distinguished speakers are tireless champions for women and voting rights, and we are honored that they are joining us to commemorate Women’s Equality Day and pay tribute to the legacy of three suffragists, whose voices were critical in passing the 19th Amendment,” she said.

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POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: MOULTON FALLOUT — Who HASN’T ENDORSED in the Boston mayor’s race — Masks MANDATED in SCHOOLS

August 26, 2021 By Kevin Gilnack

TODAY — Suffrage100MA and Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators Co-Chairs state Rep. Pat Haddad and state Sen. Joan Lovely commemorate Women’s Equality Day at noon at the Boston Public Garden.

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MASSterList: DiZoglio Discussion | Masking Up | Rain, Rain, Rain

August 26, 2021 By Kevin Gilnack

Happening Today: 12 p.m. | Mass. Caucus of Women Legislators co-chairs Rep. Patricia Haddad and Sen. Joan Lovely join Suffrage100MA and other voting and women’s rights advocates to commemorate Women’s Equality Day.

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WickedLocal Randolph: Randolph town councilor Huff-Larmond to participate in women’s right to vote anniversary

August 25, 2021 By Kevin Gilnack

Randolph town councilor Katrina Huff-Larmond will speak at the Suffrage 100MA event, along with co-chairs of the Massachusetts Women’s Legislative Caucus, to commemorate the anniversary of the 19th Amendment, on Women’s Equality Day, at noon Thursday, Aug 26, near the Swan Boats at Boston Public Garden.

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Wayland Town-Crier: Wayland Commemorates 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage

September 14, 2020 By Kevin Gilnack

Jane Sciacca gives remarks at Wayland suffrage commemoration

Katrina Huff-Larmond, vice president of the Board of Directors for Suffrage 100 MA (suffrage100ma.org), expanded on these points, noting that some of the white suffragists we honor might best be remembered as heroes (or perhaps “sheroes”), but not saints. While the 19th Amendment finally passed, the language of the amendment granted all women the right to vote, but as a practical matter, this was far from reality. It did not benefit all women, especially Black women in the South, where Jim Crow laws and deeply seated racism still prevented them from voting.

Huff-Larmond stressed the importance of understanding the intersection of the abolitionist and the suffrage movements. Activists borrowed many of the techniques of abolitionists to advance the cause of suffrage, but women such as Sojourner Truth and Harriett Tubman go largely unrecognized for their role in advocating for women’s rights.

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Suffragists Support #StopAsianHate

March 2021

Dear Suffrage100MA Community,

Suffrage100MA stands with the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Community and grieves for the eight victims recently murdered in Georgia, six of whom were women of Asian descent.  Carry the victims in your hearts, light candles for them, learn about their lives:  Daoyou Feng, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Paul Andre Michels, Soon Chung Park, Ziaojie Tan, Delaina Yaun and Young Ae Yue.

The words of this song from the 1949 musical “South Pacific” are more applicable than ever:

You’ve got to be taught
To hate and fear,
You’ve got to be taught
From year to year,
It’s got to be drummed
In your dear little ear
You’ve got to be carefully taught.

“You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught” was a highly controversial song, but thankfully, ultimately included in the show. The song was written to address racism against Asians and all people.  The character Lt. Cable, a Caucasian man who has fallen in love with an Asian woman, is distressed by the prejudice against interracial couples and racism in general, sang the song after saying the words “…racism is not born in you! It happens after you’re born…”

James Taylor recorded the song in Nov. 2020.

We must work to end the racism that is “…drummed in your dear little ear…”

In 2020, hate crimes against Asian Americans are up almost 150 percent.  Discrimination against the Asian community has existed in this country since Asians arrived in the late 19th century.  Asians faced discrimination against dignity and equality, and were denied citizenship and the right to vote until the middle of the 20thcentury. After the 19th Amendment was adopted extending the vote to women, discriminatory laws prevented Asian Americans, Native Americans and African Americans from voting for decades and today the crisis for voter accessibility is growing.

According to the Brennan Center for Justice, “In a backlash to historic voter turnout in the 2020 general election, and grounded in a rash of baseless and racist allegations of voter fraud and election irregularities, legislators have introduced well over four times the number of bills to restrict voting access as compared to roughly this time last year. Thirty-three states have introduced, prefiled, or carried over 165 restrictive bills this year (as compared to 35 such bills in fifteen states on February 3, 2020).”

Suffrage100MA is committed to increasing accessibility to the ballot and inspiring voters to exercise their right to vote by sharing the history of those who fought bravely, sometimes losing their lives, for decades and across centuries, to secure the vote.  Let us each recognize the power and importance of voting to express one’s voice

On behalf of the Suffrage100MA Board of Directors –
With deep appreciation to all of you for being on this journey with us,

Fredie Kay
Founder & President, Suffrage100MA