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Reclaiming Women's History. Highlighting Women's Contributions. Promoting Voter Participation.
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Join us on Oct 11th at the Margaret R. Grundy Memorial Library
for a screening of our film "Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women's Fight for the Vote" followed by a Q&A with Amanda Owen, filmmaker and Executive Director of the Justice Bell Foundation
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Finding Justice: The Untold Story of the Justice Bell
You know the Liberty Bell. But have you heard the story of the Justice Bell? Discover the inspiring Pennsylvania story about a lost icon of the women's suffrage...
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Join us for an exciting event at MCCC on September 17 at 1:15 pm at the Blue Bell campus. Our Justice Bell replica will share the stage with four prominent female Pennsylvania judges and lawyers who will discuss the 19th Amendment. #justicebell #19thamendment #womenmakinghistory #constitutionday
The 19th Amendment was officially certified on August 26, 1920, a date now celebrated annually as Women’s Equality Day. #19thamendment #justice #womenvote #womensequalityday
Adella Emma Potter was already a well-known and respected speaker in Pennsylvania when she joined the Justice Bell tour in August 1915. She gave speeches in Monroe County and remained with the bell party until October 30, delivering the final speech of the campaign in Chester County. #justicebell
Niota Mayor Lois Preece recently announced a new event that will take place in the town. This new event known as Febb Fest will be a festival in honor of Febb Burn and other “strong women” and will take place on Friday, Sept. 26 and Saturday, Sept. 27. www.dailypostathenian.com/news/article...
In 1915, Mary Stewart wrote to the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association to offer her help. She joined the bell party as a speaker on June 30 in Crawford County and remained with the tour until August 7 in Centre County.
#justicebell #1915justicebelltour #womenshistory #PAhistory #suffragist
As the Justice Bell arrived in Bedford, PA, on August 3, 1915, a heatwave that had gripped the state for days brought oppressive humidity, stifling temperatures in the 90s, and torrential rain. Louise Hall, umbrella in hand, delivered her speech to a large crowd. #justicebell #1915justicebelltour
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"When we show girls that they’ve always been part of history, we equip them to believe that they can shape its future." In #AHAPerspectives, read how Jessica Ramos teaches counternarratives to her elementary students. 🗃️
Teaching Girls They Belong
Teaching counternarratives deepens elementary students’ understanding of history and helps underrepresented groups see themselves as part of the story.
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On July 24, 1915, one thousand people gathered in Brookville, PA, to see the Justice Bell and listen to suffragists, Harriet Grim, Emma MacAlarney & Louise Hall, advocate for the right to vote. #justicebell #1915justicebelltour #womenssuffrage #PAHistory #americanhistory #brookvillepa
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“Do not think your single vote does not matter much. The rain that refreshes the parched ground is made up of single drops,” wrote Kate Sheppard, the leader of the movement for women’s suffrage in New Zealand, who died on this date in 1934.
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Pamphilia Hardman Phillips (Mrs. Thomas W. Phillips), president of the Lawrence County Women’s Suffrage party, was part of the escorting party that welcomed the Justice Bell to the county on July 2, 1915. Learn about Phillips here: www.lawrencechs.com/suffrage-pio... #justicebell #justicebelltour
The Justice Bell and suffragists entered Meadville in Crawford County on July 1, 1915, after a grueling, rainy seven-hour journey from Erie County. That afternoon, they traveled to Cambridge Springs, home to a flourishing suffrage society, where a crowd of several hundred greeted them. #justicebell
More than 160 years after women cast their first votes in America, Congress approved the 19th Amendment on June 4, 1919. It didn’t become part of the Constitution, however, until it was ratified by the 36th state legislature, Tennessee, on August 18, 1920.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res....
The 19th Amendment, Explained
It took more than a century of fighting by generations of activists to achieve suffrage for all American women.
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