The year 2020 will mark the one hundredth anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution — enabling women to vote. The Women’s Suffrage Celebration Coalition of Massachusetts is partnering with the Commonwealth Museum to present “Suffragist of the Month” display panels from August 2017 through August 2020, the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. By the completion of the project, all of the names listed on the last panel, “Prominent Suffragists,” will have a panel.
The first panels were unveiled at the Women’s Equality Day event, August 24, 2017. The panels are on display in the Commonwealth Museum lobby, are featured below, and are on the Commonwealth Museum’s website.
Suffrage-Intro-Panel(1)Frances Willard
Suffrage-WillardJosephine St. Pierre Ruffin
15-Ruffin
Maria Louise Baldwin
14-Baldwin
June 25, 1919: Massachusetts Ratifies the 19th Amendment
Suffrage-June-25-panel 1
June 25, 1919: Massachusetts Makes History
Suffrage-June-25-panel 2
Matilda Joslyn Gage
13-gage
February 24, 1919: Suffragists Protest Pres. Wilson
Suffrage-Wilson-Protest
Harriet Tubman
12-Tubman
Julia Ward Howe
11-Howe
Lucy Stone
10-Stone
Louisa May Alcott
9-Alcott
Amelia Bloomer
8-Bloomer
Ernestine L. Rose
7-Rose
Frederick Douglass
6-Douglass
Sojourner Truth
5-Truth
Sarah and Angelina Grimké
4-Grimke
3-Foster-Worcester-Takes-The-Lead
Abby Kelley Foster
3-Abby-Kelly-Foster
Lucretia Mott
2-Lucretia-Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
1-Stanton-Founding-Mother
Suffrage-Names-Panel
Suffrage-Wilson-Protest
