Women's History Consortium

Women's Votes, Women's Voices
Washington Women's Suffrage Centennial Exhibit

July 17, 2010-October 3, 2010

Washington State celebrates its centennial of permanent women's suffrage in 2009-2010. This exhibit highlights the history of the struggle to attain women's right to vote in Washington State and illuminate how women's voting influenced territorial and state history as well. The exhibit tells the story of how women from various ethnic and economic groups have achieved a voice in public life, despite barriers through organizing and activism. The exhibit stresses how suffrage was a springboard to women's achievements throughout Washington's history and extending into the present, how women organizing for change have made a difference in Washington. The exhibit is co-curated by the Washington State Historical Society and the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture. Information about a smaller traveling exhibit based upon the larger exhibit is available at http://www.washingtonhistory.org/heritageServices/traveling_exhibits.aspx.

The full schedule of events for the MOHAI exhibit is also available.

Featured in the Exhibit:

Highlights of the exhibit include Susan B. Anthony's glasses and clothing, authentic materials from the 1909-1910 suffrage campaign, archival documents from all periods of the suffrage movement in Washington and artifacts from the national campaign from the Sewall-Belmont House collections in Washington, D. C.

Specially developed curriculum materials for the suffrage centennial are now available at: http://stories.washingtonhistory.org/suffrage/.

Publication:

“Women’s Votes, Women’s Voices: The Campaign for Equal Rights in Washington is a new book by Shanna Stevenson that tells the story of how Washington women got the vote 100 years ago and how they have continued the struggle for equal rights to the present day. This profusely illustrated volume also features vignettes of Washington women who have made a difference. Published by the Washington State Historical Society, the book retails for $24.95 and is available in bookstores and through Washington State University Press or the Historical Society.

Draft Venue Schedule (Subject to Change):

• Museum of History & Industry, Seattle Sat Jul 17, 2010 through Sun Oct 3, 2010
• Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture Sat Oct 30, 2010 through Sun Jun 26, 2011