PENDLETON, Ore.-A traveling exhibit chronicling the history of the suffrage movement in the United States is now on display in Pendleton.
Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence will be on display at the Umatilla County Historical Society’s Heritage Station Museum until December 30.
According to the UCHS, the exhibit highlights women’s political activism, explores the racism that challenged universal suffrage, and documents the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which prohibits the government from denying U.S. citizens the right to vote based on gender.
Votes for Women is based on the National Portrait Gallery exhibit of the same name and is organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service.
The Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, Because of Her Story, which works to research, collect, document display and share the contributions of women in American history, also supported the exhibit.
Lithograph by Egbert C. Jacobson Courtesy of Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
The display featuring photos and posters also touches on the relevance of the suffrage movement in regard to current national conversations concerning voting rights, according to the UCHS.
Heritage Station Museum, located at 108 SW Frazer, is open from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $8 for Veterans and active-duty military, and $5 for students, children 5 and under are free.
