The Woman’s Suffrage Centennial

An Unfinished Revolution

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Early Women Activists

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Suffragists in Greenwich

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Voices of the Marginalized

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Marketing Suffrage to America

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Winning the Vote

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Do You Know Your Rights?

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Suffrage Stories:
The Color White

Hear exhibition curator Kathy Craughwell-Varda explore the symbolism of the color white, which for decades has been worn in solidarity in support of women’s rights.

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Women Making Trouble:
The Silent Sentinels

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Elmer Livingston MacRae, ca. 1910
Greenwich Historical Society, Holley-MacRae Papers
Sojourner Truth, 1864
Library of Congress
Pair of Valentine greeting cards, “Love me, Love my Vote,”
Early 20th century
Illustration by Ellen Clapsaddle
Courtesy of the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Trust
“Congratulations,” Cover of Life Magazine October 28, 1920
Courtesy of Kenneth Florey
Bridgeport Munitions Worker, 1915
Courtesy of New England Historical Society
Louisine Havemeyer Speaks on Women’s Suffrage, 1915
Courtesy of the Havemeyer Family

Virtual Gallery Tour

An Unfinished Revolution is on view at the Greenwich Historical Society February 5-November 1, 2020.

Curated by Kathleen Craughwell-Varda.

Exhibition Design by Whirlwind Creative.

The exhibition and this website are supported in part by a grant from Connecticut Humanities. The exhibition was generously supported by Northern Trust and the PepsiCo Foundation.

Copyright © 2020 Greenwich Historical Society. All Rights Reserved.

Introduction

In 1920 the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted, prohibiting states and the federal government from denying U.S. citizens the right to vote on the basis of sex.

An Unfinished Revolution: The Woman’s Suffrage Centennial is an exhibition at the Greenwich Historical Society marking the 100th anniversary of this crucial piece of legislation.

The town of Greenwich was home to many of the Progressive Era’s social elite, including several notable suffragists who became national and state leaders in the movement for women’s equality. Told through stories of several of these notable figures, An Unfinished Revolution features original objects from the Greenwich Historical Society collections, as well as photographs, manuscripts, protest banners, items of clothing, and other material from museums, libraries, and private collections.