Monroe County NOW

06/12/2026

06/04/2026

And some folks want to repeal this and take away your vote.

Don't just sit by and let them do that to you, your daughters, and your granddaughters for generations.

Join us and fight back!

The 19th Amendment was passed by both houses of Congress in 1919, which began the state ratification process that would lead to the Amendment's certification in the Constitution on August 26, 1920.

But the battle for women's right to vote didn't end there. While it represented a major victory for the movement after nearly 70 years of activism, the 19th Amendment did not simply grant universal suffrage for all women.

Native American women were not considered US citizens until 1924, but until as late as 1962, individual states still prevented them from voting.

Asian American immigrant women were excluded from voting until the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 allowed them to gain citizenship.

Black women faced Jim Crow-era barriers like poll taxes, voter ID requirements, and acts of violence that threatened their ability to cast a ballot until the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Latina women faced literacy tests and other language-based setbacks that prevented them from voting until a 1975 extension of the Voting Rights Act.

As we celebrate this monumental achievement for women, we also recognize that only some of the women who fought for suffrage were able to exercise their newly-won right to vote. Despite being some of the movement's fiercest advocates, suffragists like Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, Zitkála-Šá, and Luisa Capetillo could not cast their first ballots in the 1920 election because of their race.

Today, we honor the women who not only fought for the 19th Amendment's passage, but also after it, as their efforts on behalf of their communities paved the way for the freedoms of all American women.

📷: Dora Lewis (seated), Abby Scott Baker (seated), Anita Pollitzer (standing), Alice Paul (seated), Florence Boeckel (seated), and Mabel Vernon (standing) conferring over ratification of the 19th Amendment at the National Woman's Party headquarters, 1919.

06/03/2026

We need one more person to volunteer for this coming Farmers Market table. Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4FACAB2BA7F9CF8-63981641-mcnow #/

06/02/2026

MC NOW respects, welcomes, and needs everyone. Happy Pride Month 2026!
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06/01/2026

Writing to your reps is work. These were are supplies and our pile of letters and postcards we sent by the end of our May 23, 2026, event. , ,

05/26/2026

Let's try this for our local community.

No naming names, just describe the situation that you witnessed and let's celebrate men allies who stand up for what is right.

Great question from Tova Leigh - My Thoughts about stuff

05/22/2026

is one of our core issues at Monroe County NOW and for National NOW. , Make all voices heard by joining our leadership team.

05/21/2026

100%

Why aren't hundreds of you lined up to join in this ongoing fight?

Mic drop! 🎤🎤

Dr. Oz says women are “under babied.”
No dude. Women are:
Under supported.
Underpaid.
Under childcared.
Under slept.
Under parental leave’d.
Under helped at home.
And somehow still expected to keep society running on broken sleep and a granola bar. - , Nish Patel, MD, MS

05/18/2026

Who will make their voice heard this coming Saturday?

If you have postcards, stationary with envelopes, and stamps to donate, bring them with you or drop them off at the beginning of the event.

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