Connecticut project coordinator for the National Collaborative for Women's History Sites (NCWHS), Joanie DiMartino, will discuss the National Votes for Women Trail (NVWT), on Thursday, March 17, 2022, from 12:00 PM -1:00 PM.  The NCWHS created the NVWT online database project to document the suffrage campaign in every part of the United States. This virtual repository saves the stories of the women and men who fought to give an equal voice to all citizens. In partnership with the William G. Pomeroy Foundation, the NVWT is currently installing approximately 250 roadside markers in towns across the country to share the little-known stories of the fight for the vote.

Ms. DiMartino will discuss some of the uncovered stories of Connecticut residents, particularly those of women and men of color whose struggle for voting rights continued long after the 19th Amendment’s passage in 1920. Many of these stories are collected and added to the national database along with the placement of roadside markers that tell their stories throughout the state.

Ms. DiMartino earned an MA in Public History from Rutgers University, where her scholarly focus was the Progressive-Era militant suffrage movement.  She has been in the museum field for over 25 years, working at many different museums, from large institutions such as the Kentucky Historical Society and Mystic Seaport Museum, to small historic sites and houses, including Brookside Farm Museum in East Lyme.  DiMartino serves on the Board of the Connecticut League of History Organizations (CLHO), the Connecticut History Day Advisory Council, and volunteers as the Connecticut coordinator for the National Votes for Women Trail through the National Collaborative of Women’s History Sites, for which she served on the Connecticut Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission.  She lives in Mystic, Connecticut with her family, and serves her community as a Justice of the Peace.

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