On August 2020, we, as a nation, are celebrated a landmark in American women’s history: the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment ratification to the Constitution giving women citizenship and the right to vote. The Suffragists encountered many roadblocks on their journey to become voters, yet they displayed incredible perseverance in the 72-year struggle. The Heritage Society’s exhibit, “Houston Women Cast Their Ballots: Celebrating 100 Years of the Right to Vote!”, in the Museum Gallery at Sam Houston Park is currently available for an online Virtual Tour. This exhibit reveals the efforts of thousands of women in the state of Texas, especially those in Houston, through documents, photographs, historical objects, and textiles curated by historians Betty Chapman and Anne Sloan. Extensive research by the Houston Genealogical Forum produced information not previously published about Harris County women, and especially Black women and their voting rights in 1920. 

We would like to thank our Virtual Tour Sponsors: Jemila Winsey of Re/Max Legacy Living, and Virtual Tour Photographer, Asia Fontenot.

Purchase a ticket for the “Women Cast Their Ballots: Celebrating 100 Years of the Right to Vote” Exhibit Virtual Tour and Self-Guided Tour Booklet below.

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