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AN OLD FASHIONED SEWING BEE – JULY 20, 2019

A REPRODUCTION OF THE 1920 RATIFICATION FLAG

The Western Sonoma County Historical Society presents an Old Fashioned Sewing Bee at the Luther Burbank Cottage, where we will be reproducing the flag sewn by suffrage women. Each star on the flag represents each state as they ratified the 19th Amendment. This flag will be used in the 2020 Apple Blossom Parade and hung in the West County Museum during the Suffrage Exhibit in 2020. Fabric is provided, but do bring your thimble, needles and scissors. Drop in between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at 7777 Bodega Ave. Sebastopol. R.S.V.P. are appreciated to wschs.historycorner@gmail.com

WOMEN IN HISTORY TAKES CENTER STATE

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The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, granting American women the right to vote (women’s suffrage), was ratified on August 18, 1920, ending almost a century of protest.

Were any of your ancestors or family members involved—female or male?

In 2020,there will be a county-wide celebration of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment with such plans as museum exhibits and signs at grave sites of a suffragist to honor her/his efforts.

If, for example, you have ever heard that your great grandmother or auntie was politically involved, she was probably a suffragist. If she was a member of a church club, the Native Daughters, Woman’s Relief Corp, Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, the Woman’s Suffrage Association, etc., she was probably a suffragist.

We don’t want to leave a single person off the list! Please send us names and suggestions.

Contact:
Mary (Paul) Dodgion
707-293-3609
wschs.historycorner@gmail.com

ALICE PAUL, A SUFFRAGIST

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ALICE PAUL, A SUFFRAGIST

Alice Paul, an 1890’s suffragist, was a fundamental and inspirational warrior in the Women’s Right to Vote campaign in the later years of the movement. After many valiant years of her predecessors, the likes of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Caddy Stanton, Paul brought the new modern women into the fight. As the years progressed from 1848 to the edifice of the passing of the amendment, Alice Paul kept track of each state as the 19th Amendment was ratified by placing stars on a hand-sewn banner.

The Western Sonoma County Historical Society presents an Old-Fashioned Sewing Bee at the Luther Burbank Cottage where we will be reproducing the flag sewn by suffrage women. This flag will be used in the 2020 Apple Blossom Parade and hung in the West County Museum during the Suffrage Exhibit in 2020. Fabric is provided but do bring your thimble, needles and scissors. Drop in between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to sew or observe and learn a bit more about this, at 7777 Bodega Ave. Sebastopol. Parking is free but very limited.