Sunday, October 6, 2024

SUFFRAGE 100 MASSACHUSETTS

Massachusetts Leaders to Commemorate 100th Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in Film Premiere

On Wednesday, August 26, SuffrageMA100 will honor the movement’s centennial with key Massachusetts figures in the highly anticipated film, “The Fight for Women’s Suffrage: Looking Back, Marching Forward”


BOSTON – Senator Elizabeth Warren, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, and Governor Charlie Baker are among the featured presenters in a film marking the 100th anniversary of the women’s suffrage movement, presented by Suffrage100MA.

 

This compelling short film will be premiering on Women’s Equality Day, Wednesday, August 26 at 6 p.m. live on Facebook and on Suffrage100MA’s website

Suffrage100MA is a non-profit, non-partisan organization established to commemorate the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, prohibiting the federal and state governments from denying citizens the right to vote on the basis of sex.

 

The film gives a versatile glimpse into the suffrage movement, from the abolitionist movement in the 19th century that led to the suffrage movement, to the ratification of the 19th Amendment 100 years ago. Learn the dramatic her story and be inspired to VOTE! 

You can learn more about the event and the movement at 

suffrage100ma.org

Suffrage100MA Centennial Film Premiere

 

 

Prominent public figures from across the Commonwealth will attend:

 

Senator Elizabeth Warren

 

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley

 

Governor Charlie Baker

 

Lt. Governor Karyn Polito

 

Attorney General Maura Healey

 

Mayor Yvonne Spicer

 

Cheryl Clyburn Crawford

 

 

And many more!