Louisiana
From 2019-2020, #SuffrageSisters and #SuffraGents will celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote at events and programs across your state!
State INITIATIVES
From November 10, 2019 to January 7, 2020, the West Baton Rouge Museum is hosting One Half of the People: Advancing Equality for Women, a traveling exhibit by the National Archives.
The Old State Capitol is hosting One Half of the People: Advancing Equality for Women starting in January 2020, and they are collecting memorabilia related to the suffrage movement in Louisiana.
A group of professors at Southeastern Louisiana University is leading an initiative called the Centennial Women’s Suffrage Project.
resources
Biography of Kate M. Gordon: Suffragist and Civic Leader, Louisiana Digital Library, State Library of Louisiana
Louisiana and the 19th Amendment, National Park Service
Suffragists in Louisiana, Turning Point Suffragist Memorial