Comments on: Celebrating 90 Years Since Women Won the Right to Vote http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2010/08/celebrating-90-years-since-women-won-the-right-to-vote/ A new Smithsonian blog covering scenes and sightings from the Smithsonian museums and beyond. Thu, 23 May 2013 11:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Happy B-Day, Susan B. Anthony | Around The Mall http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2010/08/celebrating-90-years-since-women-won-the-right-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-5833 Happy B-Day, Susan B. Anthony | Around The Mall Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:57:07 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=13506#comment-5833 [...] Born this day in 1820, Susan B. Anthony devoted her life to social reform. While she backed a number of causes—from antislavery and labor reform to the temperance movement—she is perhaps best remembered for her role in organizing and advancing the women’s rights movement, with an express goal of fighting for the right to vote. [...] [...] Born this day in 1820, Susan B. Anthony devoted her life to social reform. While she backed a number of causes—from antislavery and labor reform to the temperance movement—she is perhaps best remembered for her role in organizing and advancing the women’s rights movement, with an express goal of fighting for the right to vote. [...]

]]> By: Bo Gardiner http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/2010/08/celebrating-90-years-since-women-won-the-right-to-vote/comment-page-1/#comment-4282 Bo Gardiner Sun, 22 Aug 2010 18:11:42 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/aroundthemall/?p=13506#comment-4282 Thank you, Jesse, for this article. I was quite surprised to read it, though. My niece and I were visiting your museum, the Smithsonian's American History Museum, on that very day, August 18th. We did not know of the anniversary. We very much enjoyed the exhibits on racial and ethnic groups' fights for equality. There are some scattered mentions of women among them. But we were struck by the lack of an exhibit focusing on women and their fight as a group for equality, and no mention whatsoever of their fight for the right to vote. There was nothing at the Museum of American History to inform that this was the 90th anniversary of women's suffrage. The only exhibit at the Museum focusing on women is a massive one on First Ladies' ball gowns. Without the balance of a serious exhibit about women's struggle for freedom, the gown exhibit sends a rather unpleasant message. I inquired at the information desk about the lack of a women's suffrage exhibit, and, ironically, she said they only had such exhibits on anniversaries. I would like to request that your museum rectify this disturbing error by erecting at least something to make the rest of the year a reminder of this 90th anniversary. And I do hope the museum is planning for a major, major blowout on the 100th anniversary. Thank you. Thank you, Jesse, for this article. I was quite surprised to read it, though.

My niece and I were visiting your museum, the Smithsonian’s American History Museum, on that very day, August 18th. We did not know of the anniversary.

We very much enjoyed the exhibits on racial and ethnic groups’ fights for equality. There are some scattered mentions of women among them. But we were struck by the lack of an exhibit focusing on women and their fight as a group for equality, and no mention whatsoever of their fight for the right to vote.

There was nothing at the Museum of American History to inform that this was the 90th anniversary of women’s suffrage.

The only exhibit at the Museum focusing on women is a massive one on First Ladies’ ball gowns. Without the balance of a serious exhibit about women’s struggle for freedom, the gown exhibit sends a rather unpleasant message.

I inquired at the information desk about the lack of a women’s suffrage exhibit, and, ironically, she said they only had such exhibits on anniversaries.

I would like to request that your museum rectify this disturbing error by erecting at least something to make the rest of the year a reminder of this 90th anniversary.

And I do hope the museum is planning for a major, major blowout on the 100th anniversary.

Thank you.

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