Celebrating 100 years of Women's Right to Vote 1920-2020

Celebrating 100 years of Women's Right to Vote 1920-2020. . , As we mark the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the women's right to vote, we honor our foremothers , the brave women suffragists around the United States who protested and picketed for their constitutional right to vote. The ratification of the 19th amendment was their hard-won victory. Their legacy lives on through the women organizers and activists who continue to fight for a democracy that includes all races and genders., 28. League of Women Voters of Northeastern North Carolina Mural Committee Members: , Terra Fox, Dorsey Harris, Mary Felton, Savannah Nash (Contributing Local Artist), Lynn Nash Sue Engelhardt, Jan Lauten, Joan Ellis, Jessa Kimbra , Elizabeth City's local mural artist and business owner of Dear Alchemy. Jessa's goal is to point Elizabeth City and to teach her two children to leave this world better than how they found it., 1. Sojourner Truth , (1797-1883) , A former enslaved person, became an outspoken advocate for abolition, temperance and civil/women's rights, to include her 1851 famous "Ain't I A Woman?" speech challenging inequality., 2. Equality Cady Stanton , (1815-1902) , Was a leader of the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, held for the sole purpose of discussing women's rights, a model of peaceful activism., 3. Lida Tunstall Rodman , (1859-1932) , Local Beaufort County native, was a member and officer of the North Carolina Equal Suffrage Association and supported women's suffrage within the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs., 4. Susan B. Anthony , (1820-1906) , Organizer of the U.S. women's suffrage movement, was engaged in passage of 13th Amendment (abolishing slavery) and 19th Amendment (granting women right to vote)., 5. Harriet Tubman , (ca. 1820 - 1913) , Escaped from slavery, joined the Union army as a nurse, scout and spy, and became heavily involved in women's suffrage after the war., 6. Alice Paul , (1855-1977) , Led the final fight to secure passage of the 19th Amendment and authored the Equal Rights Amendment in 1923, which has yet to be adopted., 7. Mary Eliza Church Terrell , (1863-1954) , Championed racial equality and women's suffrage, serving as president of the Women's Republican League and co-founder of the National Association of Colored Women in 1896., 8. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt , (1884-1962) , Transformed the role of the First Lady, advocating for social justice on behalf of her husband Franklin Roosevelt's Presidential priorities., 9. Louise Lassiter , (1916-1993) , Local Northampton County community activist, was the appellant in a 1959 case to the U.S. Supreme Court advocating for the removal of restrictions to voting based on a literacy test., 10. Carrie Chapman Catt , (1859 - 1947) , Pressured Congress to pass the 19th Amendment, convinced state legislatures to ratify it in 1920, and founded the League of Women Voters in 1920., 11. Jane Addams , (1860 - 1935) , Believed women should make their voice heard in legislation, worked on many labor and reform initiatives, and was a co-winner of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize., 12. Annie E. Jones , (ca. 1875 - 1950) , Was a local Pasquotank County primary school educator, serving as a principal of the Sawyertown Public School for Colored Children in Elizabeth City, and also helped prepare Black women to vote., 13. Rosa Parks , (1913 - 2005) , An activist in the civil rights movement, is known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott challenging Jim Crow laws., 14. Jeannette Rankin , (1880 - 1973) , Was a strong women's rights advocate and first woman to hold a federal office, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Montana in 1916 and again in 1940., 15. Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee , (1897 - 1966) , Was the first Chinese American woman to earn a doctorate degree in the U.S., at an age 16 let 10,000 people in a suffrage parade on horseback in New York City., 16. Gertrude Weil , (1879 - 1971) , Was a woman's suffragist activist, serving as founder and president of the NC Equal Suffrage League and founder of the NC Federation of Women's Clubs., 17. Coretta Scott King , (1927 - 2006) , Was known as the "First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement", taking on the leadership role after her husband's assassination in 1968., 18. Elsie Riddick , (1879 - 1959) , Was a former Gates County resident, women's suffrage movement activist and former president of the NC League of Women Voters and co-founder of the Equal Suffrage League of Raleigh., 19. Ida B. Wells , (1862 - 1931) , Was a leader in the civil rights movement and right to vote, and was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)., 20. Gertrude Simmons Bonnin (Zitkala-Sa) , 1876 - 1938 , Native American activist and writer, advocated for more self-government, the right to citizenship and the right to vote for Native Americans., 21. Lillie Blake , (1833 - 1913) , Was an author and local NC women's suffrage activist from Bertie County, secured the vote for women in school elections and was instrumental for women to sit in the state constitutional convention., 22. Soledad Chávez de Chacón , (1890 - 1936) , Was the first woman elected as Secretary of State of New Mexico and first Hispanic woman elected to statewide office in 1934., 23. Sandra Day O'Connor , (1930 - ) , Was the first woman nominated and confirmed as Supreme Court Justice and served from 1981-2006 and considered one of the most powerful women in the world., 24. Ruth Bader Ginsburg , (1933 - 2020) , Spent a lifetime fighting gender discrimination, successfully arguing six landmark cases before the Supreme Court prior to her appointment as a Supreme Court Justice in 1933., 25. Minnehaha Etheridge Brooke , (1871 - 1938) , Was a local NC women's suffrage activist from Dare County who helped organize the first suffrage paradise in 1913 in D.C. and gave weekly lectures about the right to vote., 26. Annie Holland , (1871 - 1934) , Was the founder of the first Negro parent-teacher association in North Carolina and served as a teacher and state supervisor of the Negro elementary schools including the local county of Gates., 27. Gloria Steinem , (1934 - ) , Led the American feminist movement in 1960s-70s through her career as a journalist and by giving subsequent speeches, co-founding the National Women's Political Caucus.