The Women’s Suffrage Centennial: Impact and Legacy
Channel: US National Archives
Date: 2021-08-18

Presented in Partnership with the 2020 Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative
2020 was the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and a wide range of activities occurred around the country.  How effective were these commemorations in raising public awareness of women’s fight for equality?  How has the centennial impacted the telling of suffrage history and women and minority history more generally?  And has the centennial provided impetus for further social action?  How well did it succeed in telling the stories of the women before us and in creating momentum for the work still to be done.  Moderated by Colleen Shogan, former Vice Chair, Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, panelists include Karen Hill, Executive Director, Harriet Tubman House; Page Harrington, author of Interpreting the Legacy of Women’s Suffrage; Rebecca Roberts, co-author of The Suffragist Playbook: Your Guide to Changing the World; and Shannon Browning-Mullis, Executive Director of the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace.   For Live Captioning, use: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=WomensSuffrageCentennial17285