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This sounds really exciting - #OTD news clippings about voting women, every day in 2020. Follow @WomenVote100 #Suffrage100 #KnowYour19th  Hey friends! I'm experimenting with digital research/teaching for the suffrage centennial. Each day in 2020,…

Hey @USTreasury - I’d rather pay with Tubmans, thanks. #Suffrage100  In honor of the 2020 centennial of the 19th Amendment, the U.S. Mint plans to issue a silver medal commemorating the women’s suffrage anniversary. Learn more about potential medal…

Truth, Anthony & Stanton greeted New York City today under a clear blue sky. When my mother and daughters and I visited in the afternoon, we were among many pilgrims. A man jogging by yelled, “About damn time!” When I began this project a year…

Janice Ruth opens by reminding that we weren't _given_ the vote, we fought for it. #Suffrage100 #WomensVote #CenturyofStruggle Library of Congress: Shall Not Be Denied - Curator: Janice Ruth #WomensVote100 #TOHOdc pic.twitter.com/cGyNZYraIR — A Tour…

Who tells your story? 🎶 For women, the answer is usually no one. So go buy the Sunday @nytimes. The real thing! You want to hold this special section in your hand if you can. To tempt you, a few highlights... Don't miss @CathleenDCahill's…

So many podcasts! At least 4 new podcasts celebrate the centennial. If only someone would listen to all of them and recommend-- @DailySuffragist, at your service. They each have strengths, and appeal to subtly different audiences. I listened to all…

In 1920, Crystal Eastman proposed a platform for the National Woman's Party, post-19th Amendment, that put support for working mothers at the center. In 1971, Congress passed a bill to provide universal early childhood education. Richard Nixon vetoed…

For the Irish suffrage centennial in 2018, Eavan Boland wrote an ode with a perfect title: Our Future Will Become The Past of Other Women. She died this week at 75. The poem is below; click through for a timeline & biographies of the women she…

If we had to pick just one person to represent the genius and tenacity of American women, it would be #IdaBWells. I only wish it were permanent. A huge new Ida B. Wells mosaic in Union Station will honor the 19th Amendmenthttps://t.co/zt5GQTd9Jx…

Our nation's young people ARE engaged in picketing the White House in protest, just as the suffragists did, @FLOTUS They are picketing the brutal policies of your husband and his administration. #suffrage https://t.co/7NzKPT5KRO — Elaine Weiss…