Our WIF August 11 Second Tuesday is our Summer Party. This year we’ll have a Happy Hour via Facebook Live. BYOB! Join us to celebrate Women in Film Seattle’s 30th Year -plus August marks the 100th anniversary of ratification of the 19th Amendment: Womens’ Right to Vote. http://www.crusadeforthevote.org/woman-suffrage-timeline-18401920
Nevertheless, They Persisted:
Voting is one of the great rights we as citizens have and we urge you all to use that advantage to its fullest. When you vote; it’s your choice. If you don’t, it’s theirs.
https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/19th-amendment-1
https://www.npr.org/2011/03/25/134849480/the-root-how-racism-tainted-womens-suffrage
https://www.aclu.org/blog/womens-rights/celebrate-womens-suffrage-dont-whitewash-movements-racism
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/28/opinion/sunday/suffrage-movement-racism-black-women.html
https://www.nps.gov/articles/african-american-women-and-the-nineteenth-amendment.htm