womenwonder: Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett GBE

On August 18, 1920 the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified here the United States, giving women the right to vote, to add their opinion, voice and wisdom to our country's democratic process.  There were many brave women here and in Britain that fought for this right and as it is the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote and the year of a most crucial presidential election I intend to highlight many of these #womenwonders this month.  

"Courage calls to courage everywhere, and

 its voice cannot be denied."

Millicent Fawcett

As the United States entered World War I in 1917, the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) encouraged its supporters to join in the war effort. The organization argued women deserved the vote because they were patriots, caregivers, and mothers. Women’s expertise in maintaining the home and family would improve politics and society.

The Nineteenth Amendment states: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.” Congress passed the amendment in June 1919. The NAWSA and NWP suffragists lobbied local and state representatives to ensure its subsequent ratification by the states.

After the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 18, 1920, female activists continued to use politics to reform society. NAWSA became the League of Women Voters.

http://www.crusadeforthevote.org/19-amendment

Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett GBE** (11 June 1847 – 5 August 1929) was an English political leader, activist, writer and feminist icon. Known as a campaigner for women's suffrage via legislative change, from 1897 until 1919 she led Britain's largest women's rights organisation, the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).[1] She would write: "I cannot say I became a suffragist. I always was one, from the time I was old enough to think at all about the principles of Representative Government."[2] Fawcett also tried to improve women's chances of higher education, serving as a governor of Bedford College, London (now Royal Holloway), and a co-founder of Newnham College, Cambridge, in 1875.[3]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millicent_Fawcett

** The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service

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catching up on my #100daysofwomenwonders ...

As this project has grown in complexity I have fallen behind on posting here on my blog ... 

but that is easily fixed.  Today, lets start with 5 of my #womenwonders ...

Willa Cather ~ American novelist, Pulitzer Prize winner, author of ‘My Antonia’, ‘One of Ours’, ‘ O Pioneers!’ & many more. 

34/100

 

Elizabeth Goudge 

British author of novels, short stories & children’s book. Her book ‘the Little White Horse’ was a favorite book of J.K. Rowling and had a direct influence on the Harry Potter series. 

24/100

 

Eudora Alice Welty 

American short story writer and novelist who wrote about the American South. 

Her novel The Optimist's Daughter won the Pulitzer Prize in 1973

21/100

Dorothy Canfield Fisher ~

Best selling American author in the early 20th century. Champion of women’s rights, racial equality, life-long education & responsible for bringing the Montessori method of child-rearing to the US. Social activist for educational reform, rehabilitation of prisons & pardoning of conscientious objectors. Longtime friend of Willa Cather.

32/100

Dorothy Parker ~

American author, poet, critic, humorist, screenwriter & satirist. Founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. Famous for her mastery of short fiction & her biting wit & scathing observation. Social activist leading to her being blacklisted in Hollywood. In her will she bequeathed her estate to Martin Luther King Jr. & in 1988 the NAACP designed a memorial garden at its headquarters for Parker’s ashes. 

30/100

As happens with any of my projects my #100daysofwomenwonders has morphed - first sharing quotes by women in one of my mixed media dress collages, then I added a pen and ink portrait of the quoted women and lastly I am hand-lettering the quote via procreate. With each transition the project is more time consuming, however, thoroughly challenging and enjoyable, but I am getting behind on posting. I am posting fairly regularly on instagram if you want to follow my #100dayproject, 

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