Commemorating 100 Years of Women Having the Vote!
On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, Women’s Equality Day and centennial of the 19th Amendment, members of the Vermont Suffrage Centennial Alliance invited residents throughout the state to commemorate the historic passage of the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the vote. Wearing suffrage white, 1920s hats, and Votes for Women sashes, participants displayed non-partisan signs and engaged in dialogue about the importance of voting. Gatherings were held in Barre, Burlington, Montpelier, Norwich, St. Albans, St. Johnsbury, Vergennes, and Worcester.
BURLINGTON
Photo credit, Robert T. Ackland
Women’s Equality Day Commemoration. Gov. Madeline Kunin being interviewed for WCAX Morning Show. Right Reverend Shannon MacVean-Brown. Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont. Lisa Senecal, Chair of Vermont Commission on Woman. Marguerite Adelman, Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom & VSCA member. Robin Lloyd, Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom. LWVVT Jean Hopkins, WILPF Marguerite Adelman, Jane Hendley, Molly Gray, candidate for Lt. Governor.
Photo credit, Sandra Dooley
Ericka Redic, candidate for Vermont Senate. Kesha Ram, candidate for Vermont Senate. Carolyn Branagan, candidate for Vermont Treasurer. Sarah Carpenter, Burlington City Council. Marguerite Adelman, Robert Ackland.
MONTPELIER
Photo credit, Terry Allen
Vivienne Adair, Dell McDonough Linda Radtke, Abby Colihan, Vivienne Adair, Joy Worland, Dell McDonough.
VERGENNES
Photo credit, Eloise Beil
Elisa Nelson, Eloise Beil of Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Debbie Ramsdell, LWV. Elisa Nelson with Hannah Weiss of Champlain Valley National Heritage Partnership.
NORWICH
Sheldon Novick and Carolyn Clinton Sarah Rooker, Susan Haedrich, Judy Brown, Sandy Anderson, Carolyn Clinton Kathleen Shepard Gathering in front of the renowned Emerson House
ST. JOHNSBURY
Gathering in front of St. Johnsbury Athenaeum to commemorate the 19th.
WORCESTER
Worcester crowd of enthusiastic supporters. Vivienne Adair
