The 3,000-square-foot exhibit includes nearly 100 artifacts and takes visitors through the decades of organizing and agitation that led to the 19th Amendment. Key pieces include a rare printing of the Declaration of Sentiments from the first formal women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, a ballot box used to collect women’s votes in the late 1800s, Pennsylvania’s ratification copy of the 19th Amendment, as well as various “Votes for Women” ephemera.
The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote
Learn about the triumphs and struggles that led to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in The 19th Amendment.
Highlighting some of the many women who transformed constitutional history—including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Alice Paul, and Ida B. Wells—the exhibit allows visitors to better understand the long fight for women's suffrage.
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Check out highlights from the gallery. Please note, artifacts are rotated and subject to change.
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Fighting for Rights (1848-1877)Photo courtesy of the National Constitution Center by Rich Meyers
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Declaration of Sentiments from the Woman's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, 1848Anonymous Collection
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Ballot box for women's votes, ca. 1870-92Collection of Ronnie Lapinsky Sax
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Changing Tactics (1878-1916)Photo courtesy of the National Constitution Center by Rich Meyers
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Justice Bell watch fob from Pennsylvania’s suffrage campaign, 1915Collection of Ronnie Lapinsky Sax
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Suffrage poster designed by the artist Evelyn Ramsay Cary, 1917The Howland Stone Store Museum, Sherwood, Aurora, NY
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Official program from the 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington, D.C.Courtesy of the Alice Paul Institute, www.alicepaul.org
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Winning the Vote (1917-1920)Photo courtesy of the National Constitution Center
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Picket pin owned by suffragist Alice Paul, ca. 1921Courtesy of the Alice Paul Institute, www.alicepaul.org
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"As a War Measure" pro-suffrage advertisement from World War I, 1917Frank Amari, Jr.
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Pennsylvania’s ratification copy of the 19th Amendment, 1919Courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Archives
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"Under the 19th Amendment, I cast my first vote" ribbon, 1920Collection of Ronnie Lapinsky Sax
Exhibit Interactives
The Awakening
Explore this interactive map to discover how women's suffrage at the state level paved the way for the 19th Amendment.
The Debates
Explore the range of arguments that were advanced in the long fight for women's suffrage—and listen to the debates.
Drafting Table
See how universal suffrage proposals first emerged and evolved to end gender discrimination in voting.
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The 19th Amendment: How Women Won the Vote is made possible through the generous support of:
The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
And through the generous support of:
Mauree Jane and Mark W. Perry
John P. & Anne Welsh McNulty Foundation
The Snider Foundation
The McLean Contributionship
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