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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.

The Boston Globe: More than 50,000 women registered to vote in Boston 100 years ago: City archives look back at the suffrage movement

August 25, 2020 By Kevin Gilnack

A group of suffragists in Boston carry a "Suffrage Melting Pot" in which gold and silver and old and new articles of any sort that were put in the melting pot were converted into cash by the US mint in 1914.BETTMANN/BETTMANN ARCHIVE

Suffrage100MA, a coalition commemorating the centennial of the 19th Amendment, tweeted that it will host a premiere of a film titled “The Fight for Women’s Suffrage: Looking Back, Marching Forward!” on Aug. 26.

Filed Under: In The News, Media

Boston Globe Magazine: Suffragists fought bias and a pandemic to vote. A century later, we owe it to them to do the same, by Suffrage100MA Founder & President Fredie Kay, Esq. & Vice President Katrina Huff-Larmond

August 19, 2020 By Kevin Gilnack

Exercising your right to vote in the 2020 election won’t always be easy, so it’s time to follow the lead of the courageous women who fought for the 19th Amendment.

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Brookline Tab: The suffrage movement’s Brookline roots

August 17, 2020 By Kevin Gilnack

Wood-engraved portrait of Angelina Grimke. (Public Domain)

“Women were not supposed to speak in public. Women were not supposed to address a group of people that was both men and women — that was considered a ‘promiscuous’ audience,” said Fredie Kay, founder of the nonprofit Suffrage100MA. “Women were frequently pelted with rotten food, sometimes until they had to get off the stage.”

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Needham Wicked Local: After 100 years of voting, what’s next for women’s rights?

August 14, 2020 By Kevin Gilnack

Alice Paul unfurls banner

It took American suffragists more than 70 years to make it from Seneca Falls to the voting booths — a marathon, not a sprint. But the ballot box was not the finish line.

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USA Today: Julia Child, Ayanna Pressley and Gwen Ifill among influential women from Massachusetts

August 13, 2020 By Kevin Gilnack

Learn more about the women in Massachusetts who contributed to the suffrage movement at the Suffrage100MA website, and check out the calendar to find events throughout the year commemorating women.

Filed Under: In The News, Media

Worcester Telegram & Gazette: Worcester set to celebrate role in suffrage movement

August 8, 2020 By Kevin Gilnack

Suffrage100MA will host a virtual commemorative event with speakers including Gov. Charlie Baker, First Lady Lauren Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, and more.

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The League Presents: Voting Rights for Women – League of Women Voters & Suffrage 100 Massachusetts

February 24, 2020 By Kevin Gilnack

On January 23rd, Fredie Kay, Founder & President of Suffrage100MA was the League’s guest. The show focused on three topics regarding the celebration of the upcoming 100th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1920, prohibiting the federal and state governments from denying citizens the right to vote on the basis of sex.

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GBH Forum: Massachusetts Women at the Forefront of Suffrage

November 21, 2019 By Kevin Gilnack

Fredie Kay, Esq. speaks at GBH Forum's Massachusetts Women at the Forefront of Suffrage

Fredie Kay, Founder and President of Suffrage100MA, provides an overview of the suffrage movement in American history, with special attention to Massachusetts activists who paved the way for women’s suffrage, including African Americans and other marginalized groups at Old South Meeting House. This program is made possible with funding from the Lowell Institute.

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The Boston Globe: ‘Strong, bold, and remarkable’: Celebrating African-American suffragists from Mass.

September 23, 2019 By Kevin Gilnack

‘Strong, bold, and remarkable’: Celebrating African-American suffragists from Mass.

Suffrage100MA; the Commonwealth Museum, a Division of the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, William F. Galvin; and the Boston Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement honored African-American suffragists from Massachusetts at the Swan Boats in the Public Garden.

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Ipswich Local News: Roaring Twenties draws crowd from far and wide

August 4, 2019 By Kevin Gilnack

Fredie Kay, Esq. at Roaring Twenties Lawn Party at Castle Hill

All ages dressed up, all the way infants in their fancy gear to older people whose own parents may have been around in the 1920s.

The allure of the era is as strong as ever, and the promise of reliving it for a day (or two) drew thousands to the annual Roaring Twenties Lawn Party at Castle Hill.

Working a display stand near the house was Fredie Kay of the Women’s Suffrage Celebration Coalition of Massachusetts.

Founder and president of the organization, she reminded people of the upcoming centenary of women getting the vote in 2020.

Kay noted it took over 72 years of campaigning and activism “and at that, it was down to one vote in Tennessee.”

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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