For Immediate Release: December 4, 2019
Vermont Suffrage Centennial Alliance Launches Speakers’ Bureau
Between 1848 and 1920, many women across the United States left their homes determined to gain the right to vote in all elections: municipal, state, and federal. This journey was long, 72 years, and convoluted; it included protests, arrests, imprisonment, injury, and heroic personal sacrifice. Like many social movements it was complex, impeded by racism and division, and resulted in a hard won, but incomplete victory.
Decades would pass before many others—including people of color, those with disabilities, or those with modest incomes—would gain the franchise. Even now, a multitude of barriers blocks access to the ballot box in many states. The 19th Amendment was a landmark victory in a journey that continues to this day.
The Vermont Suffrage Centennial Alliance’s online Speakers’ Bureau is your resource for finding people ready to speak at your organization, business, or special occasion and share their knowledge of suffrage movement history.
Choose the lens through which you expand your knowledge of this struggle. The Bureau offers speakers who focus on the constitutional, controversial, comical, musical, radical or Vermont history-based aspects of the movement and its impact.
Nonprofit and for-profit organizations, schools, businesses, and others are encouraged to learn more about the movement that resulted in the addition of the “Suffrage Amendment” to the United States Constitution, by accessing the Speakers’ Bureau page on the VSCA website.
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The mission of the Vermont Suffrage Centennial Alliance is to commemorate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage and to acknowledge its incomplete legacy. VSCA plans to: inspire Vermonters to incorporate centennial themes into events, exhibits, and programs; provide educational opportunities for Vermonters to learn the inspiring and dramatic history of women’s suffrage; help showcase events commemorating the centennial in our state; host events including a parade and festival in Montpelier on Saturday, August 22, 2020; discover, provide access to, and share stories brought to light by historical records, artifacts, and ephemera; and inspire voters to appreciate and exercise the right to vote.
CONTACT: Sue Racanelli, 802.225.6032
Director, Vermont Suffrage Centennial Alliance
President, League of Women Voters of Vermont
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