Declaration of Sentiments: Celebration of 100 years of Women’s Right to Vote
September 25 – February 27, 2021
Online and In-Person when the Library reopens.
Closing Reception: February 26, from 6 to 7:30!
In Honor of the Centenary of the 19th amendment, the gallery has organized “Declaration of Sentiments” an exhibit celebrating suffrage* — and the women’s right to vote! As we head towards the elections in November it becomes more important than ever to motivate, activate and reflect upon our right to participate and to have representation in our government. *Suffrage simply means the right to vote — it is not related to suffering. The word suffrage comes from Latin suffragium, which initially meant a voting-tablet, a ballot, a vote, or the right to vote.
Autie Gibson Belshe /Ann Kennedy, Sasha Chavchavadze, The Feminist Letters, Linda Lindroth & Zack Newick, Katrina Majkut, Florence Fleming Noyes/Bill Morrison, Judy Polstra, Margaret Roleke, Mary Wigzell Rouillion/ Laura Boyer, Rita Valley, The Victory Garden Collective, and Brenda Zlamany
“Declaration of Sentiments” was organized by Gallery Curator Martha Willette Lewis with special Historic research for the exhibit by Ava Hathaway Hacker.
“Vote” Matchbook art by Linda Lindroth, poster design by Martha Willette Lewis
This event is free and open to the public; we do want to remind people who’ve never been here before that the Institute Library can only be reached by walking up a flight of stairs, and the Library is not ADA-compliant.
As a part of the exhibition Declaration of Sentiments, we were delighted to offer a digital presentation on November 19, 2020 by noted art historian Katherine Manthorne, Professor of Art History at the Graduate Center, City University of New York.
Manthorne discussed her two newest books — Restless Enterprise: The Art & Life of Eliza Greatorex and Women in the Dark: Female Photographers in the US, 1850-1900. Both books focus on women making images during the suffrage movement, careers made possible through the burgeoning women’s movement.