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Let’s come together to celebrate the 19th Amendment and 100 Years of Voting Like a Girl!
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Events
Let’s come together to celebrate the 19th Amendment and 100 Years of Voting Like a Girl!
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Vote in the November 3rd Election | November 3, 2020
Get registered to vote in Bexar County before October 3, 2020 and don’t forget to make your voice heard on November 3, 2020.
Don’t forget to share your 100 Years of Women Voting SA celebrations on social media using #100YearsofWomenVoting, #SASuffragists and #VotingWomenMakeADifference! For more information on these events and others, please follow the official Facebook page.
Get Involved
Passing the 19th was just the beginning – we need all our sisters and allies to join the endeavor. Whether it’s time, effort or financial, there are different options for all capabilities.
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Get Involved
Passing the 19th was just the beginning – we need all our sisters and allies to join the endeavor. Whether it’s time, effort or financial, there are different options for all capabilities.
Join Us +
Social Media:
- Share why voting is important to you on social media using one of our hashtags:
#100YearsofWomenVoting, #SASuffragists or #VotingWomenMakeADifference - Download social media graphics
- Make sure to add the “100 Years of Women Voting SA” profile frame to your Facebook profile photo.
- Use the US National Archives’ voting-inspired GIFs in your posts
- Rori Comics’ #100Days100Women Project on Twitter
White Ribbon Project
Tie a white ribbon on a tree, mailbox or your porch to honor the sisters of the women’s suffrage movement.
Random Act of Kindness (RAK)
Help us reach 100 Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) to honor the 100th Anniversary.
- Post a photo of your RAK or simply share this graphic to encourage others to participate.
- Use #100RAKs and one of our hashtags in your post: #100YearsOfWomenVoting #VotingWomenMakeADifference #SASuffrageSisters
- Anonymous RAK – if you wish to remain anonymous, in your note/message to the organization or person use #100RAKs and one of our hashtags: #100YearsOfWomenVoting #VotingWomenMakeADifference #SASuffrageSisters
- RAK in-person and virtual ideas
- RAK Quotes to get you inspired
In honor of the 100th anniversary, we encourage you to make a donation to the most vulnerable in our community through the San Antonio Food Bank.
Vote Like A Girl T-Shirt Fundraiser
Purchase your own ‘Vote Like A Girl’ t-shirt. Each shirt is $20 and all profits will benefit Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas. The deadline to order is NOON on August 31.. After placing your order, you will receive an invoice for online payment from Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas. Questions can be sent to shop@girlscouts-swtx.org.
Complete Your Census!
The Census will close on September 30th and is critical for funding our schools, hospitals and roads. As of July 31, less than 60% of San Antonians have responded. Stand up and be counted today!
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Future Voters
It’s so important to continue to educate and inspire future generations during this historic centennial. Learn about plans for social media, contests, activities, resources and more are lined up to encourage leadership and civic engagement for our young people.
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Future Voters
It’s so important to continue to educate and inspire future generations during this historic centennial. Learn about plans for social media, contests, activities, resources and more are lined up to encourage leadership and civic engagement for our young people.
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Girls Inc. of San Antonio’s Citywide Essay Competition
Girls Inc of San Antonio is partnering with the San Antonio 19th Amendment Centennial Committee to host a citywide essay competition. Learn more about the prizes, prompt and don’t forget to turn your essay in by August 31, 2020.
Share the essay competition with your friends on social media using this graphic.
Download the Youth Guidebook: English | Spanish and share with your friends on social media using this graphic.
Join the TikTok Challenge: We’re challenging you to share why voting is important to you through our #100YearsofVoting challenge on TikTok! Post your video and tag us, @sheknewshecouldsoshedid.
Share the TikTok challenge with your friends and post to social media using your video or this graphic.
Books
- Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative Youth Book List
- Finish the Fight! by Veronica Chambers
Educational Resources
Did you know, Texas women won the right to vote before the federal amendment passed? Indeed, Texas passed women’s voting rights laws ahead of the 19th Amendment and was the first southern state and the nineth in the nation to ratify the Amendment. Learn more through the links below of how this historic Amendment came to be and the ongoing efforts for voting rights.
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Educational Resources
Did you know, Texas women won the right to vote before the federal amendment passed? Indeed, Texas passed women’s voting rights laws ahead of the 19th Amendment and was the first southern state and the nineth in the nation to ratify the Amendment. Learn more through the links below of how this historic Amendment came to be and the ongoing efforts for voting rights.
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Books
- A Texas Suffragist; Diaries and Writing of Jane Y. McCallum
- Citizens at Last: The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas
- Memoirs of Mary A. Maverick: A Journey of Early Texas
- Finish the Fight!
Articles
- Suffragist vs. Suffragette: What’s the Difference
- Woman Suffrage in Texas
- Texas and the 19th Amendment
- Biography of Jovita Idár
- Biography of Annie Webb Blanton
- Eleanor Brackenridge worked for women’s rights
- Texas Women’s History Month: African-American Suffrage
- Women’s suffrage was a giant leap for democracy. We haven’t stuck the landing yet.
- How Texas Got an Unconventional Start on Women’s Suffrage
- Sharing place with my Tejana role model
- 10 for $10: Which SA Woman Should Appear on the $10 Bill?
- Counting Down to the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment with #19SuffrageStories
What to Watch
- A Courageous Conversation about Race and Gender: Where are the Black Women in Corporate America
- The Vote (Film)
- Women and Suffrage, Kirsten Gardner at The University of Texas at San Antonio
- What does voting mean to San Antonio women?
Digital Exhibitions & Archives
- “Women’s Power, Women’s Vote” from Texas State Library and Archives Commission
- “Sister Suffragists” from the Bullock Museum
- “Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote” from the National Archives Museum
- Crusade for the Vote from the National Women’s History Museum
- Telegram to Eleanor Brackenridge
- Image of Women’s suffrage in Texas
- Petition from Minnie Fisher Cunningham of the Texas Woman Suffrage Association for Passage of the “Susan B. Anthony Amendment”
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Media + Press Coverage
Press releases and media coverage.
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Media + Press Coverage
Press releases and media coverage.
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Press Releases
- One Hundred Years and We’re Just Getting Started Media Advisory | August 12, 2020
Media Coverage
- KSAT Media Coverage
- Councilwoman Adriana Rocha Garcia’s Remarks | August 13, 2020
- White ribbons and a flyover to mark celebration of a century of women’s suffrage | San Antonio Report | August 13, 2020
- San Antonio celebra el centenario del derecho al voto de la mujer | Univision | August 14, 2020
- White ribbons placed along San Antonio River Walk trees in honor of women’s voting rights | KSAT | August 16, 2020
- Celebrations in the San Antonio area of women’s voting rights include action as well as remembrances | San Antonio Express News | August 17, 2020
- Female pilots to fly over San Antonio in honor of 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote | KSAT | August 18, 2020
San Antonio 19th Amendment Centennial Committee
Meet the team working diligently to bring us together for this community initiative.
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San Antonio 19th Amendment Centennial Committee
Meet the team working diligently to bring us together for this community initiative.
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| Melissa | Aguillon |
| Kellie | Alcozer |
| Marina | Alderete Gavito |
| Councilwoman Jada | Andrews-Sullivan |
| Denise | Barkhurst |
| Ashley | Barth |
| Cristina | Bazaldua |
| Rachel | Bell |
| Kim | Biffle |
| Michele | Autenrieth Brown |
| Lisa | Brunsvold |
| Laura | Cabanilla |
| Councilwoman Melissa | Cabello Havrda |
| Priscilla | Camacho |
| Luisa | Casso |
| Kelli | Cubeta |
| KJ | Feder |
| Stephanie | Finleon Cortez |
| Rosana | Galaviz |
| Councilwoman Shirley | Gonzales |
| Jenee Margo | Gonzales |
| Marina | Gonzales |
| Dr. Erika | Gonzalez |
| Ivalis | Gonzalez Meza |
| Andrew | Gorman |
| Julia | Grizzard |
| Anne-Marie | Grube |
| Rocío | Guenther |
| Ashley | Harris |
| Belinda | Hartwig |
| Denise | Hernandez |
| Dr. Samantha | Hernandez |
| Hillary | Lilly |
| Michelle | Martinez |
| Casandra | Matej |
| Representative Ina | Minjarez |
| Linde | Murphy |
| Teresa | Menéndez Myers |
| Leticia | Peña Martinez |
| Lisa | Pinto |
| First Lady Erika | Prosper Nirenberg |
| Julie | Ring |
| Councilwoman Adriana | Rocha Garcia |
| Lea | Rosenauer |
| Tim | Salas |
| Councilwoman Ana | Sandoval |
| La-Tieka | Sims |
| Anita | Uribe Martin |
| Councilwoman Rebecca | Viagran |
| Dr. Sandi | Wolff |
| Kristi | Villanueva |
100 Years of Women Voting SA Partner Organizations
Special thanks to the generous partners who helped make this week a success.
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100 Years of Women Voting SA Partner Organizations
Special thanks to the generous partners who helped make this week a success.
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The Office of Mayor Ron Nirenberg
The City of San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department
San Antonio City Council
Bexar County Commissioners Court
Aguillon and Associates
Alamo City Chapter of Women in Aviation
Bernice Kearney
Centro San Antonio
Cubeta Law Group
Dr. Sandi Wolff
Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas
Girls Inc.
H-E-B
Mexican American Civil Rights Institute (MACRI)
San Antonio River Authority
San Antonio River Walk Association
Senator Judith Zaffirini
Spurs Sports and Entertainment
The IMG Studio
The Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women
The University of Texas at San Antonio, Institute of Texan Cultures
Tru Branding
University Health System
Visit San Antonio
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