Class of 2020

A primary initiative of Votes for Women 2020 will be to educate young girls to the hard work that granted them the rights they now enjoy and strive to inspire them to continue the work the suffragists undertook.

Votes for Women 2020 will brand the Class of 2020 by working with the 10 year olds of today who will be 18 and able to vote for the first time in the Presidential election of 2020. Votes for Women will work with groups like the Girl Scouts and PTA to develop programs to educate girls in the history of the women’s vote, thus making voting a milestone and create lifelong voters.

Studies show that if you vote at 18, especially during a Presidential election, which 2020 is, chances of being a life long voter are greatly improved.

Women’s Rights Heritage Trail

The genesis of the Suffrage movement took place in an area of western New York stretching from Rochester to Syracuse. Within this area exists many historic sites that set the backdrop for the nascent movement. Sites include places where people associated with the women’s right to vote lived, worked, studied, worshipped, gathered and participated in social, civic and reformist events. While some residences and sites are open to the public, many are not.

The Women’s Rights Trail would include a signed auto route linking the sites together, guidebooks, indoor and outdoor exhibits, and site preservation.

Traveling Exhibit

High tech traveling museum/exhibit traversing all 50 states with a concentration on schools and community centers.

Live Performance

Pageants and plays about the women’s movement to be produced and staged across the country.

Readings-Live readings of important correspondence, articles and memoirs of the women’s movement.