[LWVNM Action] Women's Vote Centennial Santa Fe Couny Commission Proclamation. Porch Parades Reminder, and Info on August 23 and add August 26

Tue Jul 28 18:51:10 MDT 2020

The Santa Fe County Commission just unanimously approved the attached
"Proclamation Proclaiming August 2020 as 'Women's Suffrage Month' in
Celebration, Recognition and Honor of the 100th Anniversary of the 19th
Amendment to the United States Constitution."

Amid very touching tributes to the importance of the women's vote and
appreciation for women serving in government, we mentioned the two events
below and the upcoming deadline to join women from around the state in
wearing white and holding signs or wearing sashes that  encourage voting. 
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Celebrate the centennial by joining  women from around the state in wearing
white and holding signs or wearing sashes that  encourage voting. Pose on
your porch or front yard, or "parade" safely (with mask and social
distancing) on your street.   Contribute photos by July 31 to
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Aug 23
Sunday
Women's Vote Centennial Car Parade in Santa Fe, 2-3 pm 
Meet in PERA parking lot across from Capitol at 2 pm sharp. Proceed north on
Santa Fe Trail toward Plaza. Take right on San Francisco, left on Cathedral
Place, left on Palace, right on Lincoln past City Hall, left at Federal
Court Building, left on Grant Ave passing Santa Fe County Headquarters on
right and Nina Otero Warren's House at 135 Grant Ave, which was just renamed
the Otero-Bergere House to recognize significant role in getting women the
vote . Honk twice and then wend your way back home. Suffrage history:
https://www.womensvote100.org/the-suff-buffs-blog/2020/6/24/suffrage-in-span
ish-hispanic-women-and-the-fight-for-the-19th-amendment-in-new-mexico Santa
Fe County's new headquarters is on the land where Senator Catron lived.  

Aug 26
Wednesday
Women's Vote Centennial Celebration, 4-7pm, online. The program will
broadcast on GOV-TV [Channel 16] and Albuquerque's YouTube Channel.
https://www.cabq.gov/culturalservices/the-womens-vote
Sign up on Facebook and check back later for the YouTube link.
https://www.facebook.com/events/2433123916980590/

More information below and in the summer La Palabra coming soon:

 <https://youtu.be/MzAPi74msfg> https://youtu.be/MzAPi74msfg  
This Zoom discussion on NM's suffrage movement includes the roles of
long-term US Senator T. B. Catron (R-NM) in opposing women's voting rights
and US Senator A.A. Jones (D-NM) in promoting the suffrage amendment first
introduced in 1878, women's rights, equal representation, the ERA, and more.
See photo below.

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-and-womens-suffrage/article_d3a8babc-6f97-11ea-ab2a-23fc6a5b19dc.html 

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Suffrage campaign; New Mexico, deputation to Senator Catron - 1915.
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National Woman's Party Photograph Collection 
https://nationalwomansparty.pastperfectonline.com/photo/45552C02-77A6-4912-8
FCB-125477132590

https://www.nps.gov/articles/20-suffragists-to-know-for-2020.htm 

Nina Otero Warren is one of the top 20 suffragists

The League successfully nominated Nina Otero Warren and her home at 135
Grant Avenue for inclusion in the National Votes for Women Trail, which
commemorates those who were instrumental in women gaining the right to vote
in the United States.  In 1915, Otero Warren was in New York, where she
began working with Alice Paul, leader of the Congressional Union, to fight
for women's suffrage. Because of her passion, commitment, and powerful
lobbying efforts, Otero Warren quickly rose in the ranks of the New Mexico
chapter of the Congressional Union, and by 1917 she was asked to be the
state leader. Alice Paul had recognized the importance of having a native
New Mexican leading the suffrage movement. With her social and political
connections and her leadership skills, Otero Warren was able to rally
support from both the Spanish- and English-speaking communities. 

Her bilingual and bicultural skills helped her bridge the differences
between the Hispanics and the white, English-speaking population of New
Mexico. She was instrumental in overcoming the opposition to women's
suffrage by church leaders and many Hispanic males, successfully persuading
legislators to support women's suffrage. She was the only woman allowed in a
three-hour caucus of Republican legislators during the two-day special
session Governor Larrazolo called to consider ratification of the Nineteenth
Amendment. On February 21, 1920, New Mexico became the 32nd of 36 states
required for ratification.  
On August 26, 1920, the required 36 states had ratified 19th Amendment to
the US Constitution, and 27 million women voters were eligible to vote for
the presidential election of 1920! Women's Equality Day came 72 years after
the first Women's Rights Convention was held in Seneca Falls, and another 72
years after the Declaration of Independence declared all men are created
equal  This feat was the largest expansion of democracy in America and in
world history. "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.
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On November 2, 1920, NM women joined women across the nation in voting for
president! The United States will celebrate the centennial of Women's
Equality Day on August 26, 2020, in myriad ways due to the pandemic. On
November 3, more women candidates are expected to win elections than ever
before. We may even elect a female vice president for the first time in
American history. 
Thank you for being part of getting out the vote and the centennial
celebration !

Meredith Machen
League of Women Voters of New Mexico

 <tel:505-577-6337> 505-577-6337 c
projects at lwvnm.org
meredith.machen at gmail.com

Empowering Voters - Defending Democracy

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