Inez Milholland centennial observance in 2016! Sign petition!

Honor Inez Milholland, America’s suffrage martyr. Observe 2016 centennial! on Vimeo. We’re busy this week of August 26th, Women’s Equality Day. Check out the web site for the Inez Milholland centennial. Bob Cooney and Marguerite Kearns are national cochairs. It’s a campaign from the National Women’s History Project. Sign the digital petition that asks President Obama…

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Let’s make August 26th, Women’s Equality Day, a national holiday!

Help make August 26th a national holiday! on Vimeo. Women’s Equality Day: A National Holiday? The U.S. Congress officially designated August 26 as Women’s Equality Day in 1971 to commemorate the passage of the 19th Amendment.  A new proclamation for Women’s Equality Day is released each year. See the 2015 proclamation here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/08/24/presidential-proclamation-womens-equality-day-2015  Even before the…

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Off to the farmers’ market for Suffrage Wagon Cooking School!

Visit your local farmers’ market for fresh fruits and produce! on Vimeo. Recipes from Suffrage Wagon Cooking School bring back memories of how suffrage activists combined grassroots work with putting great dishes on the table for family and friends! It took 72 years for American women to win the right to vote, no small accomplishment. In the…

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Order Inez Milholland film for back-to-school planning!

Wild West Women proudly announces the release and complimentary distribution of the film, “Inez Milholland ~ Forward into Light.” The trailer is shown here.  This short documentary tells the story of American icon, Inez Milholland who broke convention with her striking conscience advocating for gender equality, pacifism, racial justice, unions and free speech in the early Twentieth…

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Partners

More interest than ever in the women’s suffrage movement and upcoming events and celebrations. Check out the Facebook page for the “Celebrate the Vote Festival” in September 2016. Enter the 2020 WVCI Slogo Contest by June 30th and give the planning for the 2020 suffrage centennial a boost. The National Park Service is observing its…

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