08/26/2026
On this day, 106 years ago, the Nineteenth Amendment was ratified, legally guaranteeing women the right to vote.
Did you know that the first National Women’s Rights Convention took place in Worcester, Massachusetts on October 23-24, 1850? Some of the attendees’ portraits can be found in our Great Hall, including Sojourner Truth, Lucy Stone, Fredrick Douglass, and Abby Kelley Foster.