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Suffrage Centennial

New Book Celebrating New York’s Suffrage Centennial

November 19, 2017 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

votes for women bookJennifer A. Lemak and Ashley Hopkins-Benton’s new book Votes For Women: Celebrating New York’s Suffrage Centennial (Excelsior Editions, 2017) chronicles the history of the women’s rights and suffrage movements in New York State and examines the important role the state played in the national suffrage movement.

The work for women’s suffrage received a boost more than seventy years before the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and one hundred supporters signed the Declaration of Sentiments asserting that “all men and women are created equal.”

This convention served as a catalyst for debates and action on both the national and state level, and on November 6, 1917, New York State passed the referendum for women’s suffrage. Its passing in New York signaled that the national passage of suffrage would soon follow. On August 18, 1920, “Votes for Women” were constitutionally granted. [Read more…] about New Book Celebrating New York’s Suffrage Centennial

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Books, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, New York State Museum, Suffrage Centennial, Suffrage Movement, womens history

Rockland Co Women’s Suffrage Rally and March Nov 5th

November 2, 2017 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

suffrageThe Historical Society of Rockland County, League of Women Voters, and New City Library will hold a March & Rally to commemorate the Centennial of Women’s Suffrage in New York State, on Sunday, November 5, 2017, from 12 to 4 pm, at the Rockland County Courthouse and HSRC History Center.

To honor the centennial Women’s Suffrage in New York, a historical rally will be held in New City, Rockland County’s seat, with a march to the Courthouse steps. Marchers will gather at noon in the parking lot behind the county’s Sain Building (8 New Hempstead Road). [Read more…] about Rockland Co Women’s Suffrage Rally and March Nov 5th

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Historical Society of Rockland County, Suffrage Centennial, womens history

100th Anniv of Women Winning Right to Vote Event

October 31, 2017 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Nellie Childs Smith (1885 – 1972) of Eureka with her sisters, 1911.On Sunday, November 5 at 2 pm, The Right to Vote: 100th Anniversary Commemoration will be held at the Time and the Valleys Museum in Grahamsville, Sullivan County.

The program starts with Charles Ford of Newburgh giving a talk on: “The Making of the Nineteenth Amendment”, including early movements from 1800-1834, suffrage movements around the world and suffrage champions including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Elizabeth Stanton, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglas, Sojourner Truth and Alice Paul. [Read more…] about 100th Anniv of Women Winning Right to Vote Event

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Suffrage Centennial, Suffrage Movement, Time and the Valleys Museum, womens history

Votes for Women Exhibit Opens Nov 4th at State Museum

October 18, 2017 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

votes for women exhibitA new exhibit, Votes for Women: Celebrating New York’s Suffrage Centennial will open at the New York State Museum on Saturday, November 4.

Votes for Women will celebrate the centennial of women’s suffrage in New York State and seeks to raise public awareness of the struggle for women’s suffrage and equal rights in New York State from the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention through 1917 when New York State granted women the right to vote.

The exhibition will also address the nationally significant role of New York State leaders in regards to women’s rights and the feminist movement through the early 21st century. [Read more…] about Votes for Women Exhibit Opens Nov 4th at State Museum

Filed Under: History, New Exhibits Tagged With: New York State Museum, Suffrage Centennial, Suffrage Movement, womens history

NY Women’s Suffrage Centennial Conference Nov 4th

September 18, 2017 by Editorial Staff 2 Comments

suffrage photoThe New York Women’s Suffrage Centennial Conference, celebrating the centennial of women’s suffrage in New York State, will be held on Saturday, November 4th at the Archives Partnership Trust headquarters located at the Cultural Education Center, 222 Madison Avenue, Empire State Plaza in Albany. [Read more…] about NY Women’s Suffrage Centennial Conference Nov 4th

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Albany, Suffrage Centennial, womens history

Women Focus of 40th New Netherland Conference

August 7, 2017 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

NNI 2017 conference bannerThe year 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New York State.

The New Netherland Institute (NNI) is using this centenary and its Annual Conference on September 22 and 23, to highlight the important role of women in the development of the seventeenth-century Dutch colony of New Netherland and in early New York.

NNI will host speakers from both academic and non-academic backgrounds, including first-time and returning presenters, to this year’s event. [Read more…] about Women Focus of 40th New Netherland Conference

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Conferences, New Netherland, New Netherland Institute, Suffrage Centennial, Suffrage Movement, womens history

Suffrage Plaque Dedication at Fulton County Courthouse, Johnstown

August 3, 2017 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Fulton County Courthouse, where the new marker will be placedThe Elizabeth Cady Stanton Women’s Consortium will place a historic plaque in front of the historic Fulton County Courthouse on the corner of S. William and W. Main Streets, in Johnstown where Stanton’s father, Judge Daniel Cady, practiced law.

Active since 2006, ECSWC is a collective of eight women’s organizations from Fulton and Montgomery Counties committed to honoring and continuing the advocacy for women pioneered by Johnstown native Elizabeth Cady Stanton. The Consortium supports women’s education, history, culture, leadership and equity through a variety of activities.  [Read more…] about Suffrage Plaque Dedication at Fulton County Courthouse, Johnstown

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Fulton County, Suffrage Centennial, Suffrage Movement, womens history

Proposals Sought For New York State History Conference

August 1, 2017 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

This November the annual Researching New York Conference will bring together historians, archivists, public historians, graduate students, museum curators, teachers, documentarians, and more to share their work on New York State history.

Conference organizers invite proposals from any time period and any methodological perspective on all aspects of New York State’s history.

2017 is a year of celebration of women suffrage in New York State. Groups throughout New York are marking the occasion with lectures, exhibits, conferences, and a wide range of programs commemorating the milestone. For Researching New York 2017, proposals that enlarge and expand that exploration by also considering the lives, work, and history of women in New York from the earliest native Americans to the present, are strongly recommended. [Read more…] about Proposals Sought For New York State History Conference

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Conferences, Researching New York Conference, Suffrage Centennial, womens history

#NY4Suffrage Celebrates New York Suffrage Centennial

July 27, 2017 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

suffrage photoHumanities New York has announced the launch of “#NY4Suffrage: Selfies, Stories & Suffragists Live” a campaign to connect New Yorkers to the diverse people, places, and ideas that started in their own backyards and sparked a national movement for women’s right to vote.

November 6, 2017 marks the centennial of women securing the right to vote in New York State.  To commemorate this transformative moment in American democracy Humanities New York is featuring the legacy of women’s suffrage in communities statewide with a social media campaign starting Centennial Weekend, July 29-30, 2017 through Election Day, November 7, 2017. [Read more…] about #NY4Suffrage Celebrates New York Suffrage Centennial

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Humanities New York, Suffrage Centennial, womens history

Suffrage Centennial: Erie Canal VoteTilla Launches

July 17, 2017 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

votetillaVoteTilla set out from Seneca Falls on July 17 at 10 am, traveling the Erie Canal towards its first landing at Clyde, NY at 3:45 pm.

Scheduled events in Clyde included an official welcome from local dignitaries and a Community Picnic with a Bluegrass Band and VoteTilla Reenactors performing “Roots of Social Reform.” [Read more…] about Suffrage Centennial: Erie Canal VoteTilla Launches

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Erie Canal, Suffrage Centennial, VoteTilla, womens history

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