This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non- profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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The 19th Amendment, which became part of the US constitution in August of 1920, ostensibly gave women the right to vote across America. The battle for that right had been decades long and for some women, it would be decades longer still until they enjoyed full suffrage. This exhibit examines the story of the fight for women’s right to vote, illuminating Ventura County’s own chapter of the struggle. Today, the right to vote is just as important to the men and women of Ventura County as it was in 1920 and the community shares their experiences and thoughts on voting.
How To:
View the video for a preview tour and see how to navigate this virtual exhibit.
To make the exhibit full screen, click on the four arrows icon. Use the left and right arrows to navigate forward and backward. Stacks of images and text can be flipped through by clicking on them and expanded by clicking on the four arrows icon. To get back to the exhibit, just click on the image. To see an image’s caption, click on the icon in the top left-hand corner of the image.