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19th Amendment Centennial Gets Social

By Victoria Macchi | ΝώΔαΛΉΘΛΣιΐΦ³‘ News

WASHINGTON, August 6, 2020 β€” Ida B. Wells, Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin, and Dr Mabel Ping-Hua Lee are sharing an internet moment this month, a century after their fight for woman suffrage in the United States.

These women, their peers, and their legacies are featured in an online campaign from the ΝώΔαΛΉΘΛΣιΐΦ³‘, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Library of Congress commemorating the 19th Amendment throughout August. For more information on the 19th Amendment centennial commemoration, please visit: Archives.gov/women

 

Do it for the β€˜gram: find your favorite suffragist on social media

Search for 10 voting-inspired stickers and GIFs on Twitter and Instagram designed by Smithsonian Digital Studio and artist Krystal Quiles. Find them using . 

While the ratification of the 19th Amendment excluded many non-white women, the work to achieve suffrage was wide-ranging. Hilary Parkinson, a public affairs specialist who manages social media for the ΝώΔαΛΉΘΛΣιΐΦ³‘, says the stickers β€œunderscore the fact that the ongoing path to voting equality has been forged by women of diverse ethnicities and backgrounds.”

"It was an opportunity to share a fuller history of the fight for women's voting rights and to highlight the contributions of less well-known suffragists,” Parkinson added. β€œWe hope that our audiences will use these GIFs and feel a sense of connection and continuity with these important women."

 

To add the stickers on Instagram:

  • Create an Instagram Story, click on the sticker icon, and search for #19SuffrageStories. Animated GIFs of the stickers are also available through GIPHY for use on Twitter or other social media platforms. 

You can also add a historic sash sticker to selfies or the words of Ida B. Wells, Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin, and Mabel Ping-Hua Lee to your posts. 

The full set of GIFs , and descriptions of the stickers can be found . 

 

#19SuffrageStories: the proof is in the posts

In another partnership with the Smithsonian Institution and Library of Congress, the ΝώΔαΛΉΘΛΣιΐΦ³‘ is elevating the work behind woman suffrage . The 19-day social media campaign will share stories and records from the three cultural institutions about the long fight for women’s voting rights in the U.S. 

The campaign began , which is held at the ΝώΔαΛΉΘΛΣιΐΦ³‘. They will run daily until August 26, the day in 1920 when the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was enacted, establishing that the right to vote could not be denied on account of sex.

 

Follow the three partnering institutions on social media:

@USNatArchives on and

@Smithsonian and  

@LibraryCongress on and

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