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"Women’s Votes, Women’s Voices: The Campaign for Equal Rights in Washington"

“Women’s Votes, Women’s Voices: The Campaign for Equal Rights in Washington is a new book by Shanna Stevenson that tells the story of how Washington women got the vote 100 years ago and how they have continued the struggle for equal rights to the present day. This profusely illustrated volume also features vignettes of Washington women who have made a difference. Published by the Washington State Historical Society, the book retails for $24.95 and is available in bookstores and through Washington State University Press or the Historical Society.



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


Women putting up posters

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.



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.