The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales
On the eve of the 100-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment, "Votes for Women" opens the vaults of the Smithsonian collections to reveal the story of suffrage through the actual artifacts that witnes…
The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales
On the eve of the 100-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment, "Votes for Women" opens the vaults of the Smithsonian collections to reveal the story of suffrage through the actual artifacts that witnessed the fight. On the eve of the 100-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, "Votes for Women" opens the vaults of the Smithsonian collections to reveal the story of suffrage through the actual artifacts that witnessed the fight. The trademark red shawl Susan B. Anthony wore through the halls of Congress, lobbying for the vote. The table on which the very first call for suffrage was written, before the Civil War. The trading card photographs sold by Sojourner Truth to support her mesmerizing speeches, calling for equal rights. A tiny silver jail cell pin commemorating the women thrown in prison, brutally beaten and force fed - just for silently protesting outside the White House. Anti-suffrage post-cards ridiculing women. A fragment of a banner torn apart by mobs. A poll tax receipt from the 1960's, testifying to a struggle that for some was just beginning in 1920. "Votes for Women" challenges widely held beliefs and breaks down generations of myth by going to the source - the objects that survive.
The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales
Adventure,Animation,Comedy
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On the eve of the 100-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment, "Votes for Women" opens the vaults of the Smithsonian collections to reveal the story of suffrage through the actual artifacts that witnessed the fight. On the eve of the 100-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, "Votes for Women" opens the vaults of the Smithsonian collections to reveal the story of suffrage through the actual artifacts that witnessed the fight. The trademark red shawl Susan B.
Anthony wore through the halls of Congress, lobbying for the vote. The table on which the very first call for suffrage was written, before the Civil War. The trading card photographs sold by Sojourner Truth to support her mesmerizing speeches, calling for equal rights.
A tiny silver jail cell pin commemorating the women thrown in prison, brutally beaten and force fed - just for silently protesting outside the White House. Anti-suffrage post-cards ridiculing women. A fragment of a banner torn apart by mobs.
A poll tax receipt from the 1960's, testifying to a struggle that for some was just beginning in 1920. "Votes for Women" challenges widely held beliefs and breaks down generations of myth by going to the source - the objects that survive..