Women Finally Won the Vote...but Why Did It Take 75 Years?
by Betty Chapman

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The Heritage Society Tea Room
Free for members, $5 for non-members

As we celebrate the Centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment which gave women in the United States the right to vote, one wonders why it became such a difficult, painful journey. Betty Trapp Chapman's lecture will focus on women’s status in the 19th century, the roadblocks they encountered as they struggled to become voters, and the perseverance they displayed in never giving up. An exhibit, Houston Women Cast Their Ballots: Celebrating 100 Years of the Right to Vote, will open in The Heritage Society Museum on April 3. It will focus on the suffrage activity of women in the Texas movement, especially in Houston.

If you would like to reserve a lunch please contact Sheryl Tyler at styler@heritagesociety.org or 713-655-1912 by Tuesday, March 17.