Women's Rights & Issues

niyad

(119,909 posts) Mon Mar 1, 2021, 06:44 PM Mar 2021

March is National Women's HERstory Month. This year's theme is "Valiant Women Win The Vote:

Refusing To Be Silenced". The centennial year of women's suffrage in this country goes through Aug. 26, 2021. The pandemic sidetracked or delayed many celebrations, events and activities, but much is still happening.

You can find many resources at the National Women's History Alliance. Website: www.nwha.org.

Please feel free to share how you have observed, or are planning to observe, this centennia, and Women's HERstory in general, throughout this year. I look forward to hearing from you as we go through the year.

In Persisterhood!

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March is National Women's HERstory Month. This year's theme is "Valiant Women Win The Vote: (Original Post) niyad Mar 2021 OP

I remember we marched in late Oct, or very early Nov of 1975 down... electric_blue68 Mar 2021 #1

Thank you for sharing this great memory with us! Do you have pics?? We did not forget the niyad Mar 2021 #2

Oh, I -wasn't saying- that you forgot! I was saying that -I missed it- in the news last summer. electric_blue68 Mar 2021 #3

Oh, I know that you did not mean me personally. This ovation was just buried under all the horror niyad Mar 2021 #4

Got it 👍 I'm looking forward to what people will post. electric_blue68 Mar 2021 #5

Our Democratic Woman's Club celebrated the 100th anniversary of ratification by Congress yellowdogintexas Mar 2021 #6

That must have been absolutely wonderful!! Thank you so much for sharing your group and niyad Mar 2021 #7

electric_blue68

(17,994 posts)

1. I remember we marched in late Oct, or very early Nov of 1975 down...

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Mon Mar 1, 2021, 07:26 PM

Mar 2021

Fifth Ave, NYC to celebrate the 75th Anniversary
of women's right to vote!

(when we got to Washington Square Park we had
a Clinton/Gore Rally, too.)

It was so exciting. Signs, chanting and people waving to us from their apartment windows!

🤔 I'll have to come up with some thing at home, or outside if it's nice out and safer to celebrate.
I totally either forget, or missed last year's announcement of the 💯 th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage! What with covid, and THE Election I might have missed it.

niyad

(119,909 posts)

2. Thank you for sharing this great memory with us! Do you have pics?? We did not forget the

Reply to electric_blue68 (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 1, 2021, 07:35 PM

Mar 2021

Centennial, just had no real way to celebrate with the pandemic. So many events had to be put on hold.

A friend got a truly spectacular calendar celebrating the Centennial. When the rest of us tried to get them from the publisher, they were completely sold out!

Looking forward to hearing/seeing how you celebrate.

electric_blue68

(17,994 posts)

3. Oh, I -wasn't saying- that you forgot! I was saying that -I missed it- in the news last summer.

Reply to niyad (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 1, 2021, 08:31 PM

Mar 2021

If they didn't accidentally get thrown away I made
sketches of it when when I got home that night.

I'll let you know if I find them. 👍

And happy to share a great event memory.

niyad

(119,909 posts)

4. Oh, I know that you did not mean me personally. This ovation was just buried under all the horror

Reply to electric_blue68 (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 1, 2021, 08:51 PM

Mar 2021

and despair of this long national nightmare (in every sense of the word).

Very much looking forward to seeing your sketches.

electric_blue68

(17,994 posts)

5. Got it 👍 I'm looking forward to what people will post.

Reply to niyad (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 1, 2021, 08:58 PM

Mar 2021

yellowdogintexas

(22,720 posts)

6. Our Democratic Woman's Club celebrated the 100th anniversary of ratification by Congress

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Mon Mar 8, 2021, 05:43 PM

Mar 2021

which coincided with the club's 90th Anniversary in 2019. We are the oldest and largest Democratic Woman's Club in Texas. We did a Roaring 20s theme and raised a bunch of money for our Democratic women seeking office.

In February 2020 we hosted a Membership Drive/Speakeasy Party to begin celebrating the Centennial of the final state ratification. Our Roaring 2020s outfits came out again and our mixologist created some really fun drinks for us. (ImpeachMint Punch , anyone?) Our big plans for a larger fundraiser were roadblocked by COVID.

We will be so ready when it is finally safe to be in a large crowd

I would post pictures but I do not know how.

niyad

(119,909 posts)

7. That must have been absolutely wonderful!! Thank you so much for sharing your group and

Reply to yellowdogintexas (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 8, 2021, 06:56 PM

Mar 2021

Her story and celebration with us. I can just picture it!

Alas, I have no idea how one shares pics unless they are online.

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