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A Virtual Program: ERA – The Big Picture

ERA 100 - 1923-2023

Learn more about ERA – The Big Picture

Celebrate the ERA Centennial with “ERA – The Big Picture”. Written and presented by ERA activist, Zoe Nicholson, this live virtual program can be booked now for your group or organization. Zoe explains it all in a lively presentation of easy talk about the ERA. What it says, who wrote it, and what it would do. Learn about the ERA history through pictures, stories and a Q&A.

Reserve your date today!
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2023-04-16T14:10:57-05:00April 16th, 2023|
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All Wild West Women Films Now Available on YouTube

www.youtube.com/@wildwestwomenfilms/videos

Wild West Women is proud to announce it’s new YouTube channel, Wild West Women Films.

At Wild West Women we make films about women, women who make history, make art, make a mark on our world. Our primary objectives are to increase public awareness of women’s achievements, to highlight their roles in history, and to provide positive public images of women and girls. We focus on films, art, productions, books and events concerning women’s issues, women’s history and women creators.

We are proud that our film work, which spans over 50 years, has bought buried history and artists to light. After decades of production and evolving media, Wild West Women is making all of our work publicly available. We are thrilled with the idea that teachers, students, curious people and all Americans will have easy access to our films. We look forward to hearing from viewers and inspired artists who want to join us in this engaging work of lifting women and girls in the world.

2022-12-28T14:04:27-06:00December 28th, 2022|
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Adirondacks Mountain Named after Inez Milholland

PBS Adirondacks Suffrage Centennial Video

Special events were held this summer to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the passage/ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. As our Jack LaDuke tells us, the celebrations paid homage to the Women’s Suffrage Movement and one of its heroes from here in the Adirondacks, Inez Milholland.

 

2021-10-12T21:12:44-05:00October 6th, 2021|
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Finding Justice to be Shown at the New Hope Film Festival 2021

"Finding Justice" to be shown at the New Hope Film Festival, July 31, 2021

The film “Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women’s Fight for the Vote” will be featured at the New Hope Film Festival this summer on July 31. For more information about the film visit justicebell.org.  Purchase the film for home use in our Film Collection.

New Hope Film Festival
July 31, 2021 at 12:00 Noon
New Hope Arts Center
New Hope, PA

Tickets on Sale June 15, 2021

2021-06-08T18:02:58-05:00June 8th, 2021|
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Voices of Persistence: Filmmakers Behind Films on Inez Milholland and the American Suffrage Movement

In 1916 suffragist Inez Milholland went up against President Woodrow Wilson who, like many men of the time, saw the possibility of women voting as a threat. With one of the most important voting days in our lifetime right around the corner, I talk with filmmakers who’ve made both narrative and documentary films about Inez and her fight to make sure every American has the right to vote. Join me, Amy Walker, Jessica Graham, and Martha Wheelock.

Listen to the in-depth interview.

2020-12-11T18:06:19-06:00December 11th, 2020|
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Celebrating the Centennial

NWHM Programming for August 26, 2020

On August 26, 2020, the National Women’s History Museum will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment with a full day of free programming and the launch of its new non-partisan voter engagement initiative, Women Vote, Women Win.  Programming includes  two virtual “Determined to Rise” panels, several film screenings, and a concert and rally to increase votes by and for women before the November election.

August 26, 2020 • 11 a.m. ET

“Determined to Rise” : Woman Suffrage: The West Came First, presented in collaboration with the Michigan History Center and Michigan Women Forward (Lansing, Mich.) 

The earliest suffrage victories were in the west. The territory of Wyoming granted women the vote in 1869, the same year as the founding of the two national suffrage organizations. When Wyoming became a state in 1890, the new government continued to allow women to vote. Three years later, Colorado became the next woman suffrage state. Utah and Idaho followed in 1896. Suffragists from all over the country traveled to states considering new suffrage laws to advocate for their cause and, in turn, informed the woman suffrage debates that were occurring in the east.

August 26, 2020 • 2 p.m. ET

Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women’s Fight for Screening and Discussion with Rosie Rios, 43rd Treasurer of the United States, and Filmmaker Amanda Owen

Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women’s Fight for the Vote tells the story of how a 2,000-pound bronze bell became a celebrated symbol of the women’s suffrage movement. The creation of suffragists in Pennsylvania who were agitating for the right to vote, the Justice Bell helped rally support around the cause in the last crucial years leading up to the passage of the 19th Amendment. Rosie Rios, 43rd Treasurer of the United States, will join filmmaker Amanda Owen for a discussion after the film.

August 26, 2020 • 4 p.m. ET

“Determined to Rise”: Chicago’s African American Women in the Fight for the Vote, presented in collaboration with the Newberry Library (Chicago, Ill.)

The conditions for African Americans in the 1890s were very challenging. Following the abolition of slavery in 1865, a prosperous period for the new emancipated slaves started during which African Americans acquired new civil rights, notably the right for Black men to vote. However, in the increasingly racist society of late 19th-century America, womanhood failed to emerge as a universal category. Although instances of interracial collaboration existed within the women’s rights movement, the club movement—so integral to African American women’s activism at the time—was not an integrated experience since African American women were officially excluded from white women’s clubs. Inherently, the position of Black women within the women’s rights movement involved far more complex issues of sexism, racism, and class bias. Join Drs. Hendricks and Philips for a discussion on African American women’s activism in the suffrage cause and the importance of the club movement in their mobilization.

August 26, 2020 • 8 p.m. ET

Inez Milholland – Forward Into Light and Into Light Film Screening and Discussion

Join this free virtual preview screening of two short films about suffragist Inez Milholland: Inez Milholland – Forward Into Light and Into Light. The films will be followed by a panel discussion with actress Amy Walker, producer Martine Melloul, and Forward Into Light filmmaker and advisor Martha Wheelock. Inez Milholland – Forward Into Light, will introduce you to Milholland, the woman who rode the white horse as a Joan of Arc on March 3, 1913. This film will be followed by Into Light, which takes us to Blanchard Hall in Los Angeles, on October 23, 1916, as Milholland addresses 1,500 cheering and curious attendees. The outcome of that evening would be an inspirational and emotional impetus for the final push for woman suffrage.

August 26, 2020 • 9 p.m. ET
Women Take the Stage Concert and Rally
The National Women’s History Museum is pleased to partner with top musicians, changemakers, and activist icons for Women Take the Stage: a free, livestreamed multi-ethnic concert and rally to increase votes by and for women before the November election. Join Gloria Steinem, Dolores Huerta, Alicia Garza, Vanessa Williams, Idina Menzel, Lily Tomlin, Billie Jean King, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Indigo Girls, BETTY, Dance Brigade, Pura Fé, DGLS, B-52s’ Kate Pierson, poet Staceyann Chin, founder of The Representation Project Jennifer Siebel Newsom, HBCU president Ruth Simmons, 3rd CTO of the U.S. /shift7 CEO Megan Smith, Time’s Up CEO Tina Tchen, ERA Coalition CEO Carol Jenkins, National LGBTQ Task Force’s Kierra Johnson, Native Action’s Gail Small, disability activist Mia Ives-Rublee, trailblazing transgender politician Andrea Jenkins, and N.Y.’s groundbreaking Attorney General, Letitia James.

2020-08-27T11:44:33-05:00August 27th, 2020|
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Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women’s Fight for the Vote Screening

Join the National Women’s History Museum and filmmaker Amanda Owen on August 26, 2020 at 2 p.m. ET for a free screening of Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women’s Fight for the Vote. This short documentary tells the story of how a 2,000-pound bronze bell became a celebrated symbol of the women’s suffrage movement. The creation of suffragists in Pennsylvania who were agitating for the right to vote, the Justice Bell helped rally support around the cause in the last crucial years leading up to the passage of the 19th Amendment.

Register here in advance for your free ticket.

About Rosie Rios

Rosie Rios is the CEO of Red River Associates, a real estate consulting firm. She was the 43rd Treasurer of the United States where she initiated and led the efforts to place a portrait of a woman on the front of U.S. currency for the first time in over a century. Upon her resignation in 2016, she received the Hamilton Award, the highest honor bestowed in the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Rosie was the longest serving Senate-confirmed Treasury official beginning with her time on the Treasury/Federal Reserve Transition Team in November 2008 at the height of the financial crisis. Following her tenure, she was appointed as a Visiting Scholar at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University with a focus on Millennials and Post-Millennials.

Rosie is a graduate of Harvard University and was selected as the first Latina in Harvard’s 384-year history to have a portrait commissioned in her honor. She currently serves on the board of American Family Insurance, Fidelity Charitable Trust, the Schlesinger Council at Harvard, the Advisory Committee for Artemis Real Estate Partners and was previously a Trustee with the Alameda County Employees Retirement Association (ACERA). Most recently, she was appointed as a member of America 250, a Congressional Commission to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding in 2026. Her personal passion includes EMPOWERMENT 2020, an initiative that facilitates the physical recognition of historical American women. She remains active in real estate finance and is consulting on several transformational projects in the Bay Area under her “RESCUE” initiative: Real Estate for Socially Conscious Urban Empowerment.

About Filmmaker Amanda Owen

Amanda Owen

Amanda Owen is an author and an independent scholar of women’s history, specializing in the American women’s suffrage movement. She is a co- founder and the executive director of the Justice Bell Foundation. With a background in social work and a 25-year practice as a consultant, writer and speaker, Owen has been presenting lectures and workshops since the mid-90s.

Owen is currently writing a book about the Justice Bell’s role in the American women’s suffrage movement.

Praise for Finding Justice

“What an interesting story! Symbols matter. The forgotten story of the Justice Bell affirms the importance of the campaign to win the vote for women as well as the ongoing need to document and honor women’s history.” — Susan Ware, author of Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote

“Finding Justice tells the inspiring story of a forgotten grassroots movement of Pennsylvania women fighting to gain the right to vote. This film helps us learn and appreciate the history of the brave women who insisted on their full citizenship.”  — Alison M. Parker, author of Articulating Rights: Nineteenth-century American Women on Race, Reform, and the State and Unceasing Militant: The Life of Mary Church Terrell

2020-08-26T18:24:08-05:00August 26th, 2020|
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Inez Milholland Movie Preview Screenings

Inez Milholland – Forward Into Light & Into Light Special Preview Screening and Panel Discussion

Join the National Women’s History Museum on August 26 at 8 p.m. ET // 5 p.m. PT for a free special preview screening of two short films about suffragist Inez Milholland: Inez Milholland – Forward Into Light and Into Light. The films will be followed by a panel discussion with actress Amy Walker, producer Martine Melloul, and Forward Into Light filmmaker Martha Wheelock.

Wheelock’s short documentary, Inez Milholland – Forward Into Light, will introduce you to Milholland, the woman who rode the white horse as a Joan of Arc on March 3, 1913. This film will be followed by Into Light, which takes us to Blanchard Hall in Los Angeles, on October 23, 1916, as Milholland addresses 1,500 cheering and curious attendees. The outcome of that evening would be an inspirational and emotional impetus for the final push for woman suffrage.

HOW TO JOIN THE INTO LIGHT/FORWARD INTO LIGHT VIRTUAL SCREENING
AUGUST 26, 2020 • 5 PM PT/8 PM ET

  • If using a laptop or desktop, click this link or copy and paste it into your Google Chrome browser search bar to access the event: https://www.cya.live/event/3850. Please join using Google Chrome, as it’s the best browser for this video platform. (Download Google Chrome here if needed).
  • If using an iPad, Chromebook, or similar tablet, please download the free Cya Live app in order to view the event. If you are using a tablet or mobile device, please wear headphones at all times for best audio quality.
  • If using an app: Search “$3850” in the search bar at the top of the app screen to find the INTO LIGHT event page.

CLICK JOIN:
Once you are on the event page, click the “join now” (or, if in the room more than 15 minutes before the event, “get ticket”) button on the right hand side of the screen to join the event.

PLEASE NOTE:
Please note, if you would like to ask a question by video or chat, you will need to create a Cya Live account. All that is required is your name and email address. Headphones are required if you’d like to ask your question by video. If you just want to watch the programming, you do not need to create an account.

2020-08-26T18:11:50-05:00August 26th, 2020|
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Replica Justice Bell Makes It’s Debut

In residence at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum

On August 26th, our Justice Bell replica made its official debut in a celebration and artists reception at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum in the Historic Landmark Building in Philadelphia where It had been in exhibition from August 12 to 25.​

Replica Justice BellOur replica Justice Bell was made at the historic Traction Company in Philadelphia by sculptors Erin Addie and Gary Pergolini, alumni of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA). Rob Roesch, world-renowned sculptor and Chair of the Sculpture Department at PAFA, oversaw the project. Although lightweight and made of a resin material, it looks like the real bell and is the same size. See details below.

Our Replica Justice Bell is going on tour in 2020!

The replica Justice Bell will visit schools in 2020 as part of our Justice Project Education Initiative and will also accompany our film screenings for “Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women’s Fight for the Vote.”

Replica Justice BellIf you are interested in the replica Justice Bell traveling to your city, please contact us here Contact

Learn about all of our events, including our plans for 2020 here: Justice

2020-07-20T13:17:38-05:00September 2nd, 2019|
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Three Exhibitions Explore The Complex History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement

As the 19th Amendment turns 100, three exhibitions in Washington explore the contentious — and unfinished — struggle for voting rights.

In the summer of 1919, shortly after Congress passed the 19th Amendment, the Smithsonian acquired a few relics from the nearly century-long struggle for women’s suffrage.

Suffragists' SongSusan B. Anthony’s red silk shawl and the table on which Elizabeth Cady Stanton had drafted the Declaration of Sentiments in 1848 were among the donated items. A year later, after the amendment was ratified by the states and became part of the Constitution, theywere put on view along with some documents, teacups, brooches and other objects in a modest display bearing the offhand title “An Important Epoch in American History.”

Today, there’s a bit more excitement. The yearlong centennial of the 19th Amendment is being commemorated with exhibitions, parades, conferences and new historical markers across the country, many timed to various states’ ratifications of the amendment. And in Washington, three major exhibitions are now open at the National Portrait Gallery, the Library of Congress and the National Archives.

Together, these shows — all curated by women — make up one of the richest explorations of women’s history yet assembled in the capital, or anywhere else. But they also offer a lesson in the messiness, complexities and compromises involved in any movement for social change — and the fraught politics of historical memory itself.

Exhibits in Washington, DC

2019-08-16T13:58:58-05:00August 16th, 2019|
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