Show Your Colors

Wed, Apr 19 2023

10:00am - 11:00am

Dearborn Programming Space

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Remind Me Later

Subjects

History

Age Group

For adults

Presenter

Alisha Cole

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Registration Required

Yellow was the symbolic color of the national women’s suffrage movement. Suffragists encouraged supporters to “show your colors” by wearing yellow ribbons, buttons, and sashes. Hear stories of the struggle for women’s suffrage and the ratification of the 19th amendment featuring Ida B. Wells, Susan B. Anthony, Amelia Bloomer, and more.

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