EXHIBIT: "100 Years After the 19th Amendment: Their Legacy, and Our Future”
Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Library
(first floor of the Law School)
On display January 13-31, 2020.
The University of Illnois will host an American Bar Association (ABA) traveling exhibit commemorating the centennial of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote.
The ABA exhibit, “100 Years After the 19th Amendment: Their Legacy, and Our Future,” will be on display in the Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Library on the first floor of the Law School.
Organized by the ABA’s Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress, the exhibit chronicles the history of the women’s suffrage movement, the legacy of post-1920 efforts to expand voting rights and the obstacles of disenfranchisement and voter suppression today.
The six-banner exhibit, which recently won a 2019 GDUSA American Graphic Design Award, features historic photos and artifacts, details the story of the battle for ratification and outlines the challenges that remain.
The exhibit is one of a number of activities sponsored by the newly-formed ABA Commission on the 19th Amendment to celebrate 100 years of women’s constitutional right to vote, educate the public about the 19th Amendment and the battle for women’s suffrage, and promote laws that ensure women’s full and equal exercise of their right to vote and to participate in our democracy.