19th Amendment Activities

19th Amendment Activities

(Please note - the content on this page refers to past activities that were planned around the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the U.S., which was celebrated in 2020.)

Delaware19th Amendment LWV Activities & around Delaware

 

Celebrating 100 years, 19th Amendment

 An exciting new committee of the League of Women Voters was formed this year to plan how to appropriately mark the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting women throughout the country the right to vote. The 19th Amendment Celebration planning committee has been hard at work developing multiple ways to celebrate this special milestone.  Many activities are in the works.

And look for this logo for all our 19th amendment celebrations in the coming year. Many thanks to Deb Quinton from It's a Snap Design, Lewes DE for her design.

Background:

The 19th Amendment was the culmination of a massive, peaceful civil rights movement by women that had its formal beginnings in 1848 at the world’s first women’s rights convention, in Seneca Falls, New York. After years of struggle by women’s movement advocates to gain the vote for women, the United States Congress passed the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote in 1919. However, the amendment would not become part of the Constitution until it had been ratified by 36 states. Delaware missed its opportunity to become the 36th state to ratify the amendment. That honor went to Tennessee and on August 26, 1920, the 19th Amendment, was formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution.

League Events:

"Iron Jawed Angels" Movie and Discussion

The LWVSC is pleased to participate with the Freeman Stage in presenting this historic film on Wednesday, March 18, at 6 p.m. at Delaware Technical Community College in Georgetown.

This historical drama film focuses on the American women's suffrage movement during the 1910s.  It follows women's suffrage leaders Alice Paul and Lucy Burns as they use peaceful and effective nonviolent strategies, tactics, and dialogues to revolutionize the American feminist movement to grant women the right to vote.

        • Post screening discussion led be Joanne Guilfoil, PhD. Generously sponsored by Delaware Tech.
        • The LWVSC will have a voter registration table at the event.

LWVSC Coming Events:

      • April 1st, 8th,15th, Film Festival, Cinema Arts Theater. Event postponed due to coronavirus concerns.  To be rescheduled.
      • May 1-3, bus trip to Seneca Falls, NY (site of Seneca Falls Convention, a foundational event in the Women's Rights Movement), 2 nights hotel lodging, 1 dinner, and admission to museum.  Approximately $350 per person double occupancy, bus holds 50 people.
      • May 21, Clear Space will produce “Reviving the Dead Ladies”, LWVSC to arrange food and drink and promote the event.
      • August 1-30, Women's Suffrage Exhibit at the Milton Historical Society.
      • August 20th, Open house at the Maull House in Lewes with the Suffrage display.
      • August 26th, 6-7:30, Woman in White parade on Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk in cooperation with the VIA.
      • September 26th, 12 noon, Parade and dedication of the Suffrage Memorial at Legislative Hall in Dover
      • October 10,  Bus trip to Turning Point Suffragist Memorial in Occoquan Regional Park, Fairfax County, VA.
      • November 5, Return Day Parade in Georgetown
      • Nov. - Dec.2020, Traveling exhibit “Rightly Hers” from the National Archives to be shown in Selbyville. The Freeman Foundation is arranging.

 Non-League Events:

      • The Delaware Public Archives will present a program entitled, Delaware's Struggle for Women's Right to Vote,  commemorating Delaware’s 100th anniversary of women’s struggle for the right to vote on March 7th at 10:30am.  Please see the  flyer for more information.
      • The Lewes Library in conjunction with DE Humanities is having a Women's History Panel which will focus on the suffrage anniversary and it's impact, on Wednesday March 25, 6PM at the Lewes Library.
      • Votes for Women: A Visual History
        • Brandywine Conservatory & River Museum
        • This includes drawings, illustrations, and posters from museums, historical societies, and private collections that visualize the complex political messages conveyed by suffragists. Also included are historic photographs of marches and rallies, including the 1913 Women’s Suffrage Procession in Washington D.C. Examples of the costumes, clothing, sashes and other emblems of women’s activism worn by suffragists enliven the presentation, drawing comparisons between the representations and realities of women’s struggle to win the vote.