PERFORMANCES SCHEDULE
SPECIAL EVENT
CELEBRATING WOMEN
An invitation to celebrate those who led the way!
Wednesday, March 18
5 - 7 p.m.
Carnegie Hall Museum Gallery, Lewisburg, WV
Come join us as we gather to celebrate Women’s History Month. This annual month of March observance highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society.
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COMPLIMENTARY NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES & HORS D’OEUVRES
CASH BAR
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION’S POSTER EXHIBITION
VOTES FOR WOMEN: A PORTRAIT OF PERSISTENCE
The crusade for women's suffrage is one of the longest reform movements in American history. Between 1832 and 1920, women citizens organized for the right to vote, agitating first in their states or territories and also, simultaneously, through petitioning for a federal amendment. Based on the National Portrait Gallery exhibition of the same name, Votes for Women broadens visitors' understanding of the suffrage movement in the United States.The poster exhibition addresses women's political activism, explores the racism that challenged universal suffrage, and documents the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment which prohibits the government from denying U.S. citizens the right to vote on the basis of gender. It also touches upon the suffrage movement's relevance to current conversations on voting and voting rights across America.
In addition, we hope you will join us as we continue the celebration on March 20 at 7 p.m. for the
Sweet Honey in the Rock concert in the Hamilton Auditorium.
These special events are made possible in part by an ArtsConnect Grant through Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation.