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August 19, 2020:

The Boston Globe: Suffragists fought bias and a pandemic to vote. A century later, we owe it to them to do the same

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.

August 14, 2020:

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

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.

February 24, 2020:

NewTV: The League Presents: Fredie Kay

Newton League of Women Voters President, Marcia Johnson, interviewed Suffrage100MA President Fredie Kay about the Suffrage 100 Year Centennial and League of Woman Voter’s 100th birthday.

November 21, 2019:

GBH Forum: 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.

August 23, 2019:

The Boston Globe: ‘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.

June 25, 2019:

The Boston Globe: Modern-day suffragists revel in 100th anniversary of voting rights

Suffrage100MA, the Greater Boston Women’s Vote Centennial, and the Boston Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement kicked off a year of commemorations, celebrating 100 years since the 19th Amendment was adopted in 1920, at Faneuil Hall.

June 11, 2019:

Randolph Women’s Club Becomes Suffrage100MA Partner

The Randolph Women’s Club celebrates the centennial of women’s right to vote and joins the Women’s Suffrage Celebration Coalition of Massachusetts.

April 18, 2019:

The League Presents: Woman’s Suffrage Celebration

Suffrage100MA Founder and President Fredie Kay discusses the upcoming centennial of the 19th Amendment with members of the League of Women Voters of Newton.

February, 28, 2019:

Scenes from “I Want to Go to Jail”

At State House, women reflect on anniversary of suffragists arrest

Women’s suffrage event at State House marks 100 years since protest in Boston

Suffrage100MA, the Boston Women’s Heritage Trail, the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center, and “We Did It for You” commemorated the 1919 Boston protest and arrest of suffragists at the Massachusetts Statehouse.

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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