Beyond Suffrage: 100 Years of Women & Politics in New York

Beyond Suffrage: 100 Years of Women & Politics in New York traces women’s political activism in New York City from the struggle to win the vote, through the 20th century, and into our own times. Beginning with the long battle for women’s voting rights that culminated in 1917 statewide and 1920 nationally, the exhibition highlights women at the center of New York’s politics over the course of 100 years. It features a diverse range of activists both familiar and lesser known, the battles they fought, and the many issues they championed.

Beyond Suffrage features rare artifacts, documents, costumes, photographs, and audio-visual materials  spanning more than a century that show how women have been politicized—and in turn changed politics—in New York and beyond.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.