HistoryRelevance.com is conducting a national campaign to raise awareness about history has value campaign. We support this initiative.
LetsRockTheCradle.com, a sister site to SuffrageCentennials.com, has been spreading the word about the “Value of History” statement. The campaign has special relevance to many organizations and individuals planning for 2020 when US women will have been voting for 100 years. If your organizations hasn’t endorsed the history has value statement, plan to do so.
SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL NEWS: This is the third year in a row that the Shaker Museum in New Lebanon, NY has received funding from the State of New York. In 2018 a Workforce Investment grant allowed the Museum to transition its Director of Advancement from part-time to full-time. In 2017, a grant in observance of the centennial of women’s suffrage in New York State supported the Museum’s exhibition “Break Every Yoke: Shakers, gender equality, and women’s suffrage.”
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RELEVANCE OF HISTORY CAMPAIGN
IDENTITY » History nurtures personal and collective identity in a diverse world. People discover their place in time through stories of their families, communities, and nation. These stories of freedom and equality, injustice and struggle, loss and achievement, and courage and triumph shape people’s personal values that guide them through life.
CRITICAL THINKING » History teaches vital skills. Historical thinking requires critical approaches to evidence and argument and develops contextual understanding and historical perspective, encouraging meaningful engagement with concepts like continuity, change, and causation, and the ability to interpret and communicate complex ideas clearly and coherently.
TO OUR COMMUNITIES
VIBRANT COMMUNITIES » History is the foundation for strong, vibrant communities. A place becomes a community when wrapped in human memory as told through family stories, tribal traditions, and civic commemorations as well as discussions about our roles and responsibilities to each other and the places we call home.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT » History is a catalyst for economic growth. Communities with cultural heritage institutions and a strong sense of historical character attract talent, increase tourism revenues, enhance business development, and fortify local economies.
TO OUR FUTURE
ENGAGED CITIZENS » History helps people envision a better future. Democracy thrives when individuals convene to express opinions, listen to others, and take action. Weaving history into discussions about contemporary issues clarifies differing perspectives and misperceptions, reveals complexities, grounds competing views in evidence, and introduces new ideas; all can lead to greater understanding and viable community solutions.
LEADERSHIP » History inspires leaders. History provides today’s leaders with role models as they navigate through the complexities of modern life. The stories of persons from the past can offer direction to contemporary leaders and help clarify their values and ideals.
LEGACY » History, saved and preserved, is the foundation for future generations. Historical knowledge is crucial to protecting democracy. By preserving authentic and meaningful documents, artifacts, images, stories, and places, future generations have a foundation on which to build and know what it means to be a member of the civic community.
SuffrageCentennials.com has been publishing since 2013. Our sister site, QuakerWomen.com, is getting started. If you know a Quaker woman interested in recognizing the Quaker activists of the first wave of the women’s rights movement in the United States, send them to this web platform.
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