For the start of Women"s History Month, we"ve come to Union Station in Washington, DC, to view a mosaic of historical photographs of thousands of American women who fought to win voting rights. The ratification of the 19th Amendment, on August 18, 1920, finally secured the legal right of women to vote, but this mainly benefited white women. Despite heroic contributions to achieve suffrage, Black, Indigenous, and other women of color continued to face barriers to voting in the form of poll taxes, restrictive local laws, and hostile intimidation. This mosaic, called "Our Story: Portraits of Change," attempts to show a more complex history of the fight for American women"s right to vote.
Gazing upon Portraits of Change
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
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Lizard of mystery
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Time to count some birds
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Santorini, Greece
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World Numbat Day
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Celebrating Madagascar on its Independence Day
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Make way for robots
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International Sloth Day
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It’s Giving Tuesday
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The Battle of the Bulge 75 years later
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Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
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A night of art and culture
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The stylish Spanish shawl
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On this shore, history was made
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Composite of photographs from the Apollo 15 mission
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Land ho in New Zealand 250 years ago
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Humpbacks return to the Inside Passage
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Camels in the desert, United Arab Emirates
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A sizzling summit hides in the clouds
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The Vestibule at Diocletian s Palace, Split, Croatia
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Happy Independence Day!
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Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
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Overlooking the Douro
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Bidding summer adieu
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A species worth defending
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Procida, Italy
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Vacuum Chamber 5 at Glenn Research Center
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Welcome to the Ring of Fire
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A winter wonderland in Northeast China
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Chocolate Hills
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The perfect canvas for an ancient text