{"product_id":"9781438467320","title":"Votes for Women: Celebrating New York's Suffrage Centennial","description":"\u003ci\u003eChronicles the history of the women’s rights and suffrage movements in New York State and examines the important role the state played in the national suffrage movement.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe work for women’s suffrage started more than seventy years before the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and one hundred supporters signed the \u003ci\u003eDeclaration of Sentiments\u003c\/i\u003e asserting that “all men and women are created equal.” This convention served as a catalyst for debates and action on both the national and state level, and on November 6, 1917, New York State passed the referendum for women’s suffrage. Its passing in New York signaled that the national passage of suffrage would soon follow. On August 18, 1920, “Votes for Women” was constitutionally granted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eVotes for Women\u003c\/i\u003e, an exhibition catalog, celebrates the pivotal role the state played in the struggle for equal rights in the nineteenth century, the campaign for New York State suffrage, and the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment. It highlights the nationally significant role of state leaders in regards to women’s rights and the feminist movement through the early twenty-first century and includes focused essays from historians on the various aspects of the suffrage and equal rights movements around New York, providing greater detail about local stories with statewide significance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe exhibition of the same name, on display at the New York State Museum beginning November 2017, features artifacts from the New York State Museum, Library, and Archives, as well as historical institutions and private collections across the state.","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154991399152,"sku":"9781438467320","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781438467320_p0.jpg?v=1763756549","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781438467320","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}