100th Anniversary of the Women's Right to Vote in the USA - 1920 - 2020The first Constitutional Amendment to secure votes for women was introduced to Congress in 1878. It failed. By 1919, suffragists get another amendment introduced to Congress that would secure women's right to vote. The 19th Amendment passed both the House and Senate. The states ratified the 19th Amendment in 1920, officially recognizing women’s right to vote.
Learn more here: History of the 19th Amendment Giving Women the Right to Vote
Special Events in Theme:
Cancelled 06/03 - 5:00 pm - TESOL Seminar for English Teachers - 100th Anniversary of the Women’s Right to Vote in the U.S. + ESL Resources and Opportunities from the U.S. Department of State - With Anne Johnson - US Dept. of State
10/03 - 10
am - Film: Iron Jawed Angels: Votes for Women (2004) 123 min. Starring:
Hilary Swank, Margo Martindale, Anjelica Huston
Defiant young activists in 1917 take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.
10/03 - 10
am - Film: Iron Jawed Angels: Votes for Women (2004) 123 min. Starring:
Hilary Swank, Margo Martindale, Anjelica Huston Defiant young activists in 1917 take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.
17/03 - 10 am - Documentary: I Am a Girl - Stories of Girls Around the World (2014) 88 min.
In I AM A GIRL, we meet 14-year-old Kimsey from Cambodia, forced to sell her virginity at 12; Aziza from Afghanistan, who will be shot if she goes to school; Breani, a teen living in a ghetto of NYC and dreaming of stardom; Katie from Australia, who is recovering from a suicide attempt; Habiba from Cameroon, betrothed to a man 20 years her senior; and Manu from Papua New Guinea, about to become a mother at 14 following her first sexual encounter. As they come of age in the way their culture dictates, we see remarkable heart-warming stories of resilience, bravery and humor.
27/03, 5:00
pm – FAMILY FILM – LITTLE WOMEN (1994) 115
min. Starring: Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder,
Kirsten Dunst
Louisa May Alcott's autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother, a very outspoken women for her time. The story tells of how the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world.
31/03, 10 am
– Short Story Club – Declaration
of Sentiments and Resolutions (Women’s Rights) 1848 by Elizabeth
Cady Stanton