The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote Press Kit
The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote
Opened in August 2020 to commemorate the centennial anniversary of voting rights for women, The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote traces the triumphs and struggles that led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment. The exhibit shares the stories of some of the many women who transformed constitutional history—including Sojourner Truth, Alice Paul, and Ida B. Wells—allowing visitors to better understand how they attained the long-sought goal of women’s suffrage.
The 3,000-square-foot exhibit features nearly 100 key artifacts, including “Votes for Women” ephemera and documents and letters highlighting key moments in the fight for women’s suffrage. Interactive elements illustrate the timeline of women’s suffrage across the country, the arguments for and against allowing women the right to vote, and the story of how women ultimately secured their voting rights.
THE 19TH AMENDMENT: HOW WOMEN WON THE VOTE IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF:
Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation | Mauree Jane and Mark W. Perry | John P. & Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation | The Snider Foundation | The McLean Contributionship | Glenmede | SteegeThomson Communications | Sarah and David Andrews
Interactive Content
The Awakening
Explore this interactive map to discover how women's suffrage at the state level paved the way for the 19th Amendment.
MoreThe Debates
Explore the range of arguments that were advanced in the long fight for women’s suffrage—and listen to the debates.
MoreDrafting Table
See how universal suffrage proposals first emerged and evolved to end gender discrimination in voting.
MorePRESS KIT
Please note materials are accurate as of the exhibit opening in August 2020. Please contact Moira Bagley Smith at [email protected] to confirm current artifacts on display.
Press Releases
- National Constitution Center’s New Exhibit on Women’s Suffrage Movement and 19th Amendment to Open on the 100th Anniversary of the Amendment
- National Constitution Center Announces Plans to Reopen to the Public August 5, 2020, With Free Admission Through September 5, 2020
- National Constitution Center to Open New Exhibit on Women's Suffrage Movement and 19th Amendment in June 2020, Marking 100 Years of Women's Right to Vote
- National Constitution Center to Open 19th Amendment Exhibit in Commemoration of the 2020 Centennial Anniversary
Full List of Exhibit Artifacts
Featured below are exhibit and artifact images, and appropriate credits. Contact Moira Bagley Smith at [email protected] with questions or for additional information.
Pennsylvania’s ratification copy of the 19th Amendment
Courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Archives
View & SavePrinting of the Declaration of Sentiments from the Seneca Falls Convention, 1848
Anonymous Collection
View & Save“Under the 19th Amendment, I cast my first vote” ribbon, 1920
Collection of Ronnie Lapinsky Sax
View & Save“We’ll Show You When We Come to Vote” sheet music, ca. 1869
Collection of Ronnie Lapinsky Sax
View & SaveLetter written by Susan B. Anthony reflecting upon her illegal attempt to vote, 1873
Garrison Family Papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College Special Collections
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