The year 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New York State, a milestone for the state and a transformative moment in American democracy.
The New York Council for the Humanities has launched an effort to get the New York State Legislature to appropriately mark New York State Women’s Suffrage Centennial. “We feel that the New York State legislature has the opportunity and fiscal obligation to support the Commemoration,” an e-mail from the Council said.
If you want to help ensure that we have a statewide discussion about the social, professional, and political equality of all New Yorkers, visit the following link to let your legislator know: http://www.nyhumanities.org/getinvolved/advocate.php
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2017 is also the 200th anniversary of the beginning of the construction of the Erie Canal. The first spade of earth was turned at Rome New York on July 4, 1817, This New York State project
was one of the most important in world history. Shouldn”t the New York State legislature establish a commission to celebrate that?