Georgia Magazine - May 2020 - 18

'Any Great Change is a strong and important exhibit
that commemorates one of the most significant steps in
strengthening our democracy in the past 100 years.'
-Gayla Keesee, chair of the Women's Suffrage Centennial Task Force
for the League of Women Voters of Georgia.

the United States. Women of
color, Asians and Native Americans continued to fight for the
right to vote."

converted into museumquality galleries, where the
exhibition offers activities
and interactive opportunities, including voter
education and registration
information.

Documenting the past

COURTESY ATLANTA HISTORY CENTER

The exhibition at the
Atlanta History Center includes
artifacts, photographs and docThe next 100 years
uments from the last 100 years.
The ratification of
Among the items on display are
the 19th Amendment was
a letter from National Woman's
the culmination of a long
Party leader Alice Paul askstruggle with themes-voting for suffragists around the
ing rights, women's rights,
country to join the pickets at
citizenship rights and
the White House, a collection
racism-that still resonate
of campaign buttons and a
today.
1917 copy of The Suffragist, a
"Part of the purpose
publication of the Washington,
of Any Great Change is to
D.C.-based National Woman's
demonstrate the ongoing
Party.
struggle for voting rights
"Choosing the pieces to
access," VanLanduyt says.
Adella Hunt Logan was an African American
writer, educator and suffragist who
include in the exhibition was
"We especially want young
advocated for voting rights for women
difficult, because the struggle
people-and all people-to
of color.
for women's voting rights was
see that they have a voice
so complex," VanLanduyt says.
and to encourage them to
"We wanted to identify the key
use it."
strategies, participants and outcomes and include
"Any Great Change is a strong and important
the right things. It was crucial to be inclusive of
exhibit that commemorates one of the most signifipeople and their stories."
cant steps in strengthening our democracy in the
Any Great Change also highlights accomplishpast 100 years," Keesee says. "It is also a tribute and a
ments of Georgia women, including Judge Leah Ward reminder that we must continue this work to ensure
Sears, the nation's first African American woman to
that we have an inclusive, active and engaged elecserve as chief justice of a state supreme court.
torate as we head into the next 100 years."
The exhibition is installed in the Swan House on
Pamela A. Keene is a freelance writer living in
the Atlanta History Center's main campus. This hisFlowery Branch.
toric home has a strong connection to the women's
suffrage movement. Emily C. MacDougald served
as president of the Equal Suffrage Party of Georgia.
When you go
Her daughter, Emily Inman, was the original owner
Any Great Change: The Centennial of the 19th
of the Swan House and worked side by side with her
Amendment, through Jan. 31, 2021.
mother. Inman lived in the house from 1928
Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Road,
until 1965.
Atlanta. (404) 814-4000.
Two upstairs bedrooms in the home have been
atlantahistorycenter.com.

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May 2020

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