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What’s Vision 2020? It’s a national women’s equality initiative headquartered at Drexel University’s Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership in Philadelphia, PA. In the year 2020, Vision 2020 will lead Women 100: A National Celebration of American Women to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: women’s right to vote.

Throughout the year of 2020, Philadelphia, the birthplace of American democracy, will be home to Vision 2020’s Women 100 programs and events, complemented by the work of Proud Partners — organizations committed to gender equality that have created their own programming in support of Women 100. Vision 2020 applauds Let’s Rock the Cradle, one of its Women 100 Proud Partners, on the organization’s commitment to advancing women’s equality and looks forward to its 2020 program.

LetsRockTheCradle.com networks with writers, bloggers, photographers and others to encourage the planning and support of events, conferences, and other efforts to spread the word about the 100 years since the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1920.

For more information, or to get involved in Vision 2020’s Women 100, visit women100.org.

The History Press has published a book about Harry T. Burn written by Tyler L. Boyd, a family descendant and great grandnephew. Harry T. Burn cast a deciding vote to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that granted voting rights to millions of American women. Born and raised in McMinn County, Burn served in Tennessee government in various capacities for many years, including terms in the state senate and as delegate to state constitutional conventions. The 1920 vote in the Tennessee state legislature will be the topic of a television special feature program during 2020.

This book focuses on Burn, his life and the controversial vote in favor of women’s voting rights. Many factors played into Burn’s support, including that of his mother and the many representatives of national women’s organizations and their advocates who showed up in the summer heat of Nashville to advocate for and against women’s suffrage.

The History Press sells this Burn biography for $26.99.

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HAPPY AUGUST 26th, Women’s Equality Day. Make sure August 26th is celebrated by you and your organization. Support efforts to make August 26th a national holiday! Get ready NOW for August 26th during 2020.

The support for 2020 and its celebration is coming from many places. Check out Suffragette City 100, for example, a non-partisan multimedia historic timeline countdown to election 2020 with a focus on celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment by retelling the epic saga of the 144 year fight for the women’s right to vote from 1776 to 1920. Highlighted are  the abolitionist movement as well as efforts to advance the causes of civil, labor, and human rights. Cynthia Barbedette is co-founder and historian. She is a former museum educator, librarian, and social worker. 

Here at SuffrageCentennials.com we applaud the interest and momentum that this upcoming centennial observance is causing. We have been publishing since 2013, back when the word “suffrage” wasn’t understood and many individuals associated the word with suffering. Now the observance has taken off, thanks to numerous volunteers and advocates behind the scenes who have been persistent in organizing and advocating for recognition of this important rite of passage.

We’re a sister web site to Suffrage Wagon News Channel, a news platform for updates to the museum-quality wagon artifact used by Edna Buckman Kearns and other suffrage activists in organizing on the grassroots for votes for women. Suffrage Wagon News Channel has been publishing since 2009.

The “Spirit of 1776” suffrage wagon will be on exhibit at the New York State Museum in Albany, NY during 2020. And it will be part of the rotating permanent museum exhibit after 2020.

During 2013 when we started publishing here about Suffrage Centennials during 2020, there was precious little on the web about the 100 years since the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1920. Now, expect to find alerts and reminders everywhere, such as the AARP publication. That’s only one of many many examples.

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The place to go is the most recent issue of the Gazette, published by the National Women’s History Alliance, formerly the National Women’s History Project. Contact them. You’ll be surprised at how much is planned and already ongoing. Follow SuffrageCentennials.com

The most recent issue of the Gazette of the National Women’s History Alliance has been published. There are terrific resources, summaries of the lives of 100 suffrage activists from diverse backgrounds, and nationwide events. Contact the National Women’s History Alliance for a copy and information about how you can use this issue to bring citizens across the nation up to date with what’s planned for 2020. There’s news from the states, considerable deep research never seen before, ten top centennial sites to visit, national projects and organizations, and MUCH MORE.

The 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution will be celebrated in 2020. Many events are scheduled for August of that year.  It’s time now to be planning. How have you prepared yourself, your organization, your state and nation?

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The dates for Convention Days in Seneca Falls, NY: July 20-21, 2019. At the Women’s Rights National Historic Park, 136 Fall Street, Seneca Falls, NY 13148. Call 315-568-2991 for more information. 9-5 p.m. Free.  There’s lodging suggestions, restaurants, and sites to visit online on the Convention Days website.

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