We explain the purpose and functioning of the ballot and teach that voting is a duty as well as a right. We use every opportunity…
Mari JulienneMarch 11, 2020
T he Library of Virginia's exhibition We Demand: Women's Suffrage in Virginia is now open. This year marks the centennial of the ratification of the…
Mari JulienneJanuary 22, 2020
In June 1919 Congress proposed an amendment to the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing women’s right to vote (with only one vote in favor…
Mari JulienneSeptember 4, 2019
The Library of Virginia is excited to make the records of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia available in Making History: Transcribe. As part of…
Mari JulienneAugust 21, 2019
In 2018 a record number of women took their seats in Virginia's House of Delegates, bringing the total number of women who have served in…
Mari JulienneNovember 6, 2018
