Additional State Fair Parade Information:
Commemorative Sash: For $10 each, you can pre-order a commemorative yellow and purple Votes for Women sash to wear in the parade and keep as a memento. If you want to reserve a sash, send an email by August 1st to BeckyGreenwald@gmail.com with State Fair Parade in the subject line. Sash orders accepted first come, first served, while supplies last. Bring $10 and pick up your pre-ordered sash from Becky at the parade staging point.
Invite your friends to join us as we call attention to the significance of the 101-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment which gave most women the right to vote.
Plan to join us or have questions: Text or call Becky Greenwald at 515.868.1082 or email beckygreenwald@gmail.com with State Fair Parade in subject line. *Becky will send an update around one week before the parade with our staging time and parade position number.
“The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex.” 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Hard Won. Not Done.
Prior to the ratification of the 19th Amendment being certified on the 26th of August 1920, many small steps led to suffrage being adopted as the law of the land. Over 70 years arrests, beatings, imprisonment and derision followed the suffragists. Opposition was intense, yet it’s not as if they demanded equal rights as well. Had they done so; they might still be waiting to vote. After all, as of today, 38 states have ratified the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment — and it’s still not law.
The gains? HARD WON. The status today? NOT DONE. The future is calling to help learn from the past. How will you answer?
In this context the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920 was and is a monumental achievement, one that merits attention, education and promotion throughout Iowa and the nation.