September 10, 2021:
Dorchester Reporter: Women’s Equality Day marked at Public Garden
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.
September 7, 2021:
Lowell Sun: Beacon Hill Roll Call: Week of Aug. 20-Sept. 3
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.
September 2, 2021:
Salem Patch: Sen. Joan Lovely Helps Celebrate Women’s Equality Day
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.
August 26, 2021:
POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: MOULTON FALLOUT — Who HASN’T ENDORSED in the Boston mayor’s race — Masks MANDATED in SCHOOLS
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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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.
August 25, 2021:
WickedLocal Randolph: Randolph town councilor Huff-Larmond to participate in women’s right to vote anniversary
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.
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