# @sachistorymuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C_If0vfJoxf
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/76083735-sachistorymuseum-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-08-26T12:15:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sacramento History Museum (@sachistorymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/sachistorymuseum

## Caption

August 26 is Women’s Equality Day, a day observed on the anniversary of when the 19th Amendment was certified to the United States Constitution. The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote but those voting rights were still limited in many states and for People of Color. Voting rights were not fully extended to all groups until 1965 under the Voting Rights Act. 

The fight for the 19th Amendment did not happen overnight as the suffrage movement that culminated in the certification of the 19th Amendment, on this day in 1920, began almost 100 years prior. Nevertheless, on this very historic day, we must reflect on the power that the right to vote has, especially with an election just over two months away.

For today, Alex letterpress printed one of the slogans used by suffragettes when advocating for the right to vote. This was typeset in 72 point Caslon font. The phrase states, “Votes For Women.” This was printed with black rubber base ink using our Washington hand press. 
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typography, sachistorymuseum, womensequalityday, history, letterpress, 19thamendment, sacramento, asmr, printingpress, printmaking, suffrage, museum, vote, art, printing, oldsacramento, oldsac, votesforwomen, righttovote

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