SUFFRAGE NOW: A 19th Amendment Centennial Exhibition

On August 18, 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified, giving women in the US the right to vote.

It was an arduous campaign to reach the milestone, and it wasn’t until August 6, 1965, with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, that American citizens of all races and genders were guaranteed to share in this privilege. 

On August 6, 2020, The Elisabet Ney Museum will open SUFFRAGE NOW: A 19th Amendment Centennial Exhibition. In SUFFRAGE NOW, women and women-identifying photographers nationwide were invited via a juried open call to share photos that comment on the Centennial of the Ratification of the 19th Amendment. The most eloquent images were chosen and included in this very special online exhibition, which will remain accessible through at least January 31, 2021.

Programming to accompany the exhibition will include a monthly online discussion with show jurors and featured photographers. The first will take place on Tuesday August 18 at 7:30 p.m. and will feature moderator Tammie R. Rubin, Associate Professor of Art at St. Edward’s University, interviewing exhibition jurors on the meaning of the Centennial to them, and their decision making process for the exhibition. Subsequent monthly SUFFRAGE NOW programs will follow. The museum also has curricular material available for family and school discussions that support Suffrage and the women’s rights movement.

Furthermore, a special social media campaign encouraging photographers of all kinds worldwide – professional, amateur, and those in and out of the exhibition – to post and tag photos with #SuffrageNow in the description, will allow potentially thousands of voices to be heard.

For more information about the exhibition, and links upon its opening, as well as curricular material and a discussion calendar, please visit elisabetneymuseum.org.