California Votes for Women: A Golden State Suffrage Centennial

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment’s Golden State ratification granting women the vote on Saturday, November 9 at the California Museum!

Festivities hosted by California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom include:
-Free for first 500 to RSVP or $5 reduced admission to view all current exhibits
-National Archives’ “Rightfully Hers” pop-up exhibit and California State Archives’ display on women’s suffrage history
-Presentations by Ida B. Wells‘ great-granddaughter Michelle Duster; historian Robert P. J. Cooney, Jr.; children’s author Laura Atkins and the League of Women Voters of California
-Complimentary hands-on activities including a community quilt honoring African American suffragists led by Sisters Quilting Collective, replica “Votes For Women” pennants and more
-Girl Power Story Time reading circle activity with the Sacramento Public Library for kids (Age 5 & up)
-Screening of restored suffragist silent film Mothers of Men (1917) shot on location in Northern California
-Suffragist living history reenactors from the Sacramento History Museum
-Information tables by the California Secretary of State Voter Registration, National Women’s History Alliance, League of Women Voters of California and others
-Concessions for sale by Chocolate Fish Coffee, Drewski’s Hot Rod Kitchen and others