MISSION
To celebrate, educate, inspire, and promote the history of women’s right to vote with a focus on the past and an eye on the future.
Votes for Women 2020
Votes For Women 2020 is a non-profit corporation organized to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution granting women the right to vote. The 100th anniversary will occur in 2020.
Votes For Women 2020 will create an educational narrative about the true history of the women’s suffrage movement, celebrate the women’s right to vote, inspire women to take leadership roles, and promote the importance of this part of American history.
PURPOSE
Votes for Women 2020:
- will brand, educate and celebrate the 100th anniversary of the women’s right to vote.
- will tell the complete story of this remarkable period of US history through various outlets, products and media.
- will establish the importance of this historical movement so that it takes its rightful place in the history of the United States.
Votes for Women 2020 will:
- Organize anniversary galas in 2020 celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment. Hold events in relevant historical sites in states that will hold their 100th Anniversary prior to the national celebration in 2020.
- Create opportunities for all to learn the history of the multi-faceted 19th century women’s rights movement, of which voting was just one part.
- Develop programs and teaching aids to encourage and support women to take leadership roles in their community.
- Establish an endowment to sustain important historical sites of the movement through 2020 and beyond.
- Provide scholarships and endow chairs at universities in women’s history.
See our list of projects aimed at fulfilling these goals.
Advisory Board:
Amy Berkower, Iris Burnett, Edna Ishayik, Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner, Terry Bernardo, Esther Cohen, Deborah Mayfield, Marilyn Tedeschi, Siobhan “Sam” Bennett, Marguerite Kearns, Heather Smith, Hannah Auerbach, and Deborah L. Hughes
Associates:
Hughes Hubbard and Reed LLP, Lee H. Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership, and JoAnn O. Chamberlain