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.
March 2021