{"id":12827,"date":"2021-05-10T13:37:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T20:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=12827"},"modified":"2021-05-11T09:27:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T16:27:17","slug":"gift-19th-amendment-portfolio-for-university-of-puget-sound-collins-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/gift-19th-amendment-portfolio-for-university-of-puget-sound-collins-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Collins Library receives INSPIRING WOMEN PORTFOLIO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

INSPIRING WOMEN PORTFOLIO<\/strong> was created in celebration of the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment. The women featured here are from many time periods, all possessing a radical spirit of creating change in the world. The portfolio was printed during the 2020 Covid19 Pandemic and was organized by Kathryn Hunter, Blackbird Letterpress. May these women continue to inspire as the uncertain future unfolds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On August 18, 1920, the US Constitution\u2019s 19th Amendment was ratified\u2014declaring no citizen could be denied the right to vote based on their sex. For more than 100 years, women\u2019s suffrage supporters had fought for this right among others, including equal pay and access to education. However, the racially divided movement did not address the intersecting inequalities of race, class, and ethnicity. Intimidation, laws, fraud, and violence blocked women of color from voting. The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 granted voting rights, but many states denied this right to Indigenous women through the 1950s. Black women faced barriers until the Voting Rights Act of 1965. As we acknowledge the movement\u2019s flaws, we also celebrate all women who organized, marched, and risked their lives to bring the US closer to universal suffrage. Their efforts gave women the chance to politically, socially, culturally, and economically transform this country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n