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Upcoming Exhibition

Bold Women. Change History.

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Colorado’s Key Contribution to America’s Largest Voting-Rights Expansion

Bold Women. Change History. is a memorable and telling story of how Colorado’s voters became America’s first to extend voting rights beyond men on November 7, 1893. The exhibit highlights topics that are especially resonant during this presidential election year, like grassroots organizing, the influence of news outlets, and racism in political advocacy. Visitors to this intimate display will gain a newly informed perspective on the significance and power of the right to vote.

Ballot box
Equality Day 2019
Elizabeth Ensley
Colorado Women are Citizens Banner photo
Susan B. Anthony

Visitors to Bold Women. Change History. at the Center for Colorado Women's History will find the stories of Colorado women's struggles for suffrage and equity both before and after the 1920 ratification of the 19th Amendment, told through an original 1884 Colorado ballot box, a reproduction Colorado ballot from the 1893 election expanding suffrage in the state, and letters from Susan B. Anthony to Colorado suffrage activists.

In 1893, Colorado was the first state to outlaw, via state referendum, denying citizens the right to vote based on their sex. This took place more than 25 years before the national women’s suffrage act was signed into law on Aug. 26, 1920. The trailblazing  collaborative fight for women’s voting rights changed the course of history in Colorado and continues to inspire social, economic, political and cultural advancements today.

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  • Visiting the History Colorado Center? Your ticket also gets you free admission to the Center for Colorado Women's History at the Byers-Evans House Museum!