Women’s labor rights and Suffrage

This exhibition here is about women’s labor rights and suffrage in the 1800s in America. Suffrage means that people have the right to vote, and during this period of time women weren’t allowed to vote. Women fought for their right to work and vote, through demonstrations, public rallies, speeches, etc.
The path for women’s voting rights was a long and tough one, but in 1920, women in America were finally given the right to vote.

Our project here is about some well known feminists, like Susan B Anthony, known for her struggle for women’s rights. Amelia Bloomer, known especially for showing a new outfit later known as “the bloomer outfit”, which was a huge step for women during that time, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, known for helping organize the first women’s rights convention.

The pieces here are shown in different forms, such as interview, letters, diary, slide show. We have been working with this topic for about 3 weeks. I hope you enjoy the exhibition on women’s rights, and I hope you learned something from it! Enjoy!