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Show Your Colors

Mon, May 1 2023
6:30pm - 7:30pm
Colbern Road Community Room 1
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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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