国立アメリカ歴史博物館さんのインスタグラム写真 - (国立アメリカ歴史博物館Instagram)「“A woman living here has registered to vote—thereby assuming the responsibility of citizenship." Signs like these were distributed during “get out the vote” campaigns in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1919. Organizers for the city's Americanization Society hoped to register newly enfranchised women, promote voting, and encourage immigrants to become naturalized citizens so that they too could cast their ballots in upcoming elections. The small print on the sign told home owners to hang one of these signs in a window for "each woman registered." 🗳 After nearly 100 years of advocacy and sacrifice, ratification of the #19thAmendment meant that women could no longer be excluded from the polls because of their sex, but it did not guarantee them ballots. Citizenship laws, state voter laws designed to enforce segregation, and cultural prejudices meant that African American, Latina, Native American, Asian American, immigrant, and poor white women faced the same voting discrimination as their male counterparts. After 1920, women often needed to go beyond the ballot to effect political change and advocate for their rights as citizens. #AmericanHistory #BecauseOfHerStory #19SuffrageStories #WomensHistory #CivilRightsHistory #VoteHistory #ImmigrationHistory #MichiganHistory #GrandRapidsHistory#AmericanDemocracy #BeyondTheBallot」8月21日 22時55分