"Tiny things that come up when you're a woman - someone says you're aggressive as opposed to being assertive - just little things," LaFleur says. While the women's suffrage movement has made great strides since its founding at Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, LaFleur says there is still much further to go. That's going to be December 5th.at the Capitol Theater here in ," Wildes explains. I'm really looking forward to seeing what they come up with later in the year. Students from 6th through 12th grade get to experience "working and creating a play, whether that's being an actor, costume work, set design, actually writing and the research, all those different facets of it. The anniversary falls on Tuesday, August 18th, but the suffrage celebration will continue into December when participants of the Historical Theater Academy present a self-written, designed, and produced play centered around the women's suffrage movement. The three exhibits are now on display at the Discovery Park of America. That's what's important - to teach about the women's suffrage movement and the decades of activism that these incredible women participated in." Whether you are an African American woman, indigenous woman, Puerto Rican woman, there are still so many things that stood in the way of those women gaining universal suffrage. "When the amendment was ratified, it wasn't like turning on a light switch and bam - all women have the right to vote. "I think I - and maybe several people - have a romanticized idea about ," Wildes adds. That came from the Tennessee State Library Archives and the Tennessee Museum." Lastly, To Make Our Voices Heard : Tennessee Women's Fight for the Vote. There's the Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence, that came from the Smithsonian Institution. " Rightfully Hers, provided by the National Archives in partnership with the Women's Suffrage Centennial Commission. "It appears as if it's one exhibit, but it's actually three different ones," Wildes, exhibit director, explains. The Discovery Park of America will present three pop-up exhibits celebrating different facets of the women's suffrage movement. Seeing come out in the suffrage movement.talking about suffrage sort of fits the moment, too, despite the pandemic." "Even in the mess of the pandemic, I'm really, really excited about this alternative look at women's suffrage that gives us a fuller picture of what actually happened. "The New York Times, the Atlantic, all these major publications are publishing these articles about what African American women contributed to the movement and how their fight to vote had to continue after the 19th amendment," LaFleur continues. The way suffrage was written about was dominated by white women." Women's history, in the beginning, was really dominated by white women. That isn't something we really talk about. "People are really talking about the role of African Americans and minority groups in the suffrage movement. While celebrations might not look the same this year, LaFleur believes the prevalence of the Black Lives Matter movement further emphasizes the women's suffrage's white-washed history and the need to diversify the movement moving forward. The centennial anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment falls in the middle of unprecedented times, including a worldwide pandemic and civil rights movement. Renee LaFleur, associate professor of history at the University of Tennessee at Martin, speak to Tracy Ross about the museum and heritage park's upcoming events. Jennifer Wildes, director of exhibits at Discovery Park of America and Dr. The Discovery Park of America in Union City, Tennessee, is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the women's suffrage movement with a variety of events, including a trio of pop-up exhibits, online discussion, and a December performance by the Historical Theater Academy.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |