LWVNM History
Here’s to the 2020 Women’s Vote Centennial!
Here are some of the celebrations we had:
100 Years of Women Voting: a Virtual Gala
Video link: 100 Years of Women Voting on YouTube.
If the pandemic hadn't interrupted the centennial celebration, we might have had someone re-enact Inez Milholland as Lady Liberty/Joan of Arc/Olympia on her white horse leading the 1913 suffrage parade calling President Woodrow Wilson to support votes for women, but we didn't.
Our virtual gala in NM the week of August 23, 2020 continued the clarion call for justice, inclusion, and equal treatment under the law.
Here are the times to see a few of special moments of the three and a half hour extravaganza. There are so many others!!
- Justice Judith Nakamura, 47 minutes in, importance of everyone voting
- Pamelya Herndon and Rayetta Davey, 53 minutes in-profoundly moving-discrimination to inclusion
- Congresswoman Deb Haaland, exactly 1 hour in
- Mary Oishi, 1 hour 42 minutes in, poet laureate on democracy
- Sylvia Ramos Cruz, 2 hours 15 minutes in, NM suffrage history overview
- Meredith Machen, 3 hours 29 minutes, why women needed and still need good
- Fionnuala Moore, 3: 32 minutes, ending the program with power and commitment
Related link: New Mexico and the Vote Podcast
100th Celebration
February 6, 2020:
The 100th Anniversary celebration at the Roundhouse was packed, with speeches by the Governor and Secretary of State, proclamations by the House and Senate, cake and lemonade. A good time was had by all.
Many local Leagues still have celebrations planned for later in the year; check your local League's website.
Suffrage Timeline for New Mexico
Meredith has compiled a Suffrage Timeline for New Mexico.
Links
- LWV US History page
- The 19th Amendment, which gave women the vote
- nmhumanities.org There’s also a YouTube panel discussion with Ellen Dornan, Georgellen Burnett, and Meredith Machen. Suffrage movement with a NM focus for National History Day theme “Breaking Barriers.”
- Video: Women's Suffrage in New Mexico
- New Mexico and the 19th Amendment, from the National Parks Service