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A 1915 illustration by Henry Mayer, titled “The Awakening,” suggested the geographical force behind the suffrage movement. Cornell University, The PJ Mode Collection of Persuasive Cartography Find all our Lessons of the Day here. Lesson Overview Featured Article: “ The Complex History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement ” by Jennifer Schuessler This past August, the United States celebrated 100 years of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which established American women’s right to vote. But we’re discovering that the traditional telling of the women’s suffrage movement — that it began at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, was led by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and ended with all women getting the right to vote in 1920 — is not the whole story. Three museum exhibits seek to broaden that narrative. Though this article was written in 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic had canceled the many yearlong exhibitions, parades and conferences planned to celebrate the centennial of suffrage, reading about these exhibits can offer a fuller picture of the fight for the 19th Amendment and teach us about the “messiness, complexities and compromises involved in any movement for social change.” In this lesson, you’ll learn the lesser-known […]
