The Struggle for Women's Suffrage: Revisiting Our History, Rededicating Our Future

The League of Women Voters of the Portland Area, in partnership with the Portland Public Library, has a special event planned to commemorate the 19th amendment. Light refreshments will be served.

LWVME's own Ann Luther will kick off our centennial commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, when women won the right to vote. It is not the suffrage story the way you've always heard it, although the familiar elements are all there. We'll tell the tale of the mulitgenerational struggle for women's voting rights, we'll celebrates that historic victory, but we'll also pause for a sober reflection on the compromises that split the movement and left many voters behind--choices that continue to echo 100 years later. We'll end with a brief overview of the work that remains to be done. Please join us to fill the Rines Auditorium.