Rhode Island
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
XIX: Shall Not Be Denied is the collaborative effort of the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities and the Rhode Island State Department to coordinate the centennial celebration across the state.
In November 2019, the U.S. Congress passed a bill to name the U.S. Post Office in Central Falls after Rhode Island suffragist and abolitionist Elizabeth Buffum Chace.
resources
Rhode Island and the 19th Amendment, National Park Service
Suffragists in Rhode Island, Turning Point Suffragist Memorial