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Women's Votes, Women's Voices
Washington Women's Suffrage Centennial Exhibit
Yakima Valley Museum
February 11, 2010 - June 20, 2010

Washington State celebrates its centennial of permanent women's suffrage in 2009-2010. This exhibit highlights the history of the struggle to attain women's right to vote in Washington State and illuminate how women's voting influenced territorial and state history as well. The exhibit tells the story of how women from various ethnic and economic groups have achieved a voice in public life, despite barriers through organizing and activism. The exhibit stresses how suffrage was a springboard to women's achievements throughout Washington's history and extending into the present, how women organizing for change have made a difference in Washington. The exhibit is co-curated by the Washington State Historical Society and the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture. Information about a smaller traveling exhibit based upon the larger exhibit is available at http://www.washingtonhistory.org/heritageServices/traveling_exhibits.aspx.

The full schedule of events for the Yakima Valley Museum exhibit is also available.

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Women's Suffrage Pilgrimage to Seneca Falls, NY
Senca Falls, New York
July 14, 2010 - July 19, 2010

Travel with Washington State Historical Society Director and Seneca Falls, NY native, David Nicandri, and Women's History Consortium Coordinator and Women's Votes, Women's Voices: The Campaign for Equal Rights in Washington author Shanna Stevenson, for a women’s suffrage pilgrimage to the Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls.

Dave and Shanna will lead a six-day tour to commemorate the 100th anniversary of equal voting rights for Washington women. The tour is timed so attendees can be in the heart of the birthplace of the suffrage movement during the annual Convention Days Festival that honors the first women’s rights convention, held in July 1848.

For $999 per person, this trip includes more than a dozen attractions in New York's spectacular Finger Lakes region, land transportation, most meals, five nights lodging, taxes, insurance, and more. Airfare is not included.

For more information, contact Kathleen Tansey, Travel Leaders-Travel Center agent, at 253-630-7755 or Kathleen@travelcenter4u.com.

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Pacific Northwest History Conference
Spokane
November 3-5, 2010

Save the dates! The Washington State Historical Society (WSHS) and the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture (NWMAC) are jointly planning a women's history-themed Pacific Northwest History Conference November 3-5, 2010, in Spokane. The conference, part of the commemoration of the centennial of women's right to vote in Washington in 2010, will highlight all aspects of women's history in the region. For more information contact program chairs Shanna Stevenson, Coordinator, Washington Women's History Consortium, at sstevenson@wshs.wa.gov, 360-586-0171 or Marsha Rooney, Senior Curator of History, NWMAC at marshar@northwestmuseum.org 509-363-5309. More information will be available on this site in early 2010.

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