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| Title: | Nevertheless, They Persisted: The Nineteenth Amendment and Women’s Voting Rights | | Date: | 3/14/2020 - 11/8/2020 | | Address: | Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Ave., Portland, Oregon 97205 | | Location: | Portland, OR | | Hours: | Monday – Saturday: 10am – 5pm, Sundays: Noon – 5pm | | Cost/Cover: | Adults: $10, Students & Teachers (with ID): $8, Seniors (60+): $8, Youth (6 – 18): $5, Children (5 & under)/Member: free | | Web Page: | https://ohs.org/museum/exhibits/nevertheless-they-persisted. ... | | Contact Info: | 503) 222-1741 |
| Details: | Oregon’s first constitution, from the late 1850s, banned slavery but also made it illegal for free African Americans to live in the state. Not long after, in 1872, Mary Beatty, an African American woman who lived in Oregon, joined Abigail Scott Duniway, Maria Hendee, and Mrs. M.A. Lambert in their attempt to vote. Along with activists across the country, these four women brought attention to the campaign for women’s voting rights — known as “woman suffrage.” One hundred years later, the Oregon Historical Society commemorates the bravery of those activists and many others in an original exhibition, Nevertheless, They Persisted: The Nineteenth Amendment and Women’s Voting Rights. This exhibit will show the many ways Oregon history connects to the national history of woman suffrage and to the complex history of democracy in the United States. |
| Event is: | Daily | | Audience: | All Welcome | | Category: | Exhibit | | Submitted by: | contributed |
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