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2B | SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 2020 | SIUSLAW NEWS Vote Resort Players Facebook Page or lastresortplayers. com. To check the status of your registration go to from 1B could not legally hold public office at that point in history. Women have come a long way in the fight for suffrage and gender equality since then. This year is the 100-years anniversary of the 19th amendment, which declared no citizen could be denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. The 19th amendment was ratified Aug. 18, 1920 and became writ- ten into law eight days later on Aug. 26. To celebrate the cen- tennial of Women’s Suffrage, the Last Resort Players (LPR) is spon- soring a special event in the Old Town Historic District on Aug. 26, nationally known as Women’s Equality Day. The event will kick off with a parade at 1 p.m. on the corner of Bay and Kingwood streets, end- ing at the Siuslaw Pioneer Museum park- ing lot where actors from LRP and John Quay Heritage Players will then recite excerpts from famous suffragette speeches. “I’ve just become real- ly enamored with the suffragettes and wanted to represent them in their best light,” said Paula Ziegelasch, LPR member and organizer of the upcoming event. “We’re looking forward to some fiery speeches.” Ziegelasch contribut- ed her time to research and pulled excerpts from a range of influential women’s speeches, including national lead- ers such as Alice Paul who campaigned and strategized for the pas- sage of the 19th amend- ment, down to Abigail Scott Duniway, Oregon’s biggest proponent of the movement who lead Oregon women to victo- ry in 1912 — eight years before women could vote nationally. Ziegelasch said she wants to honor not just the day women received the right to vote, but also the many decades lead- ing up to that point as women fought relent- lessly for that right. “I want them to recog- nize and celebrate those women, because they put their bodies on the line,” Ziegelasch said. “I look at that movement as a revolution and it’s a good lesson. The odds were so against them, nevertheless, they perse- vered.” Duniway and many other activists often- times endured extremely violent pushback in order to get their pro- oregonvotes.gov and to find more information about what is on your ballot go to Vote411.org. Let me Showcase your property. Richard Beaudro Principal Broker 541 991-6677 1240 Xylo St – Central location in town, large fenced backyard, low maintenance landscaping. Roomy interior with separate family room area, and large kitchen and dining. Home will need some TLC, but there’s lots to like here. $245,000. #3066-20148310 1749 Highway 101 • 541-997-1200 NOTICE SMITHSONIAN ARCHIVES PHOTO Suffragettes and supports observe the ratification of the 19th amendment Aug. 18, which became law eight days later on Aug. 26, 1920. posed amendment passed on state ballots. In Oregon, it took five failed attempts in 1884, 1900, 1906, 1908, and 1910 until the bill finally passed in 1912, making Oregon one of the first 10 states to allow female voting. However, the passage of the equal suffrage amendment in Oregon and even the 19th amendment later did not ensure all women voting rights. This right was not extended to Native American women unless they were married to a white man, and first-generation women — or men — from Asia could not cast a ballot because they were barred from becoming natural- ized citizens. Racially discriminato- ry laws and policies such as these prevented women and men of color from exercising an unre- stricted right to vote until the Voting Rights Act of 1965. That means that while white women are cele- brating the 100-year anniversary of suffrage, many women of color are only at the 55-year mark. Their fight was twofold — ban voting discrimination based on sex and race. But racialized women fought vehemently, despite the exclusion and discrimination they faced. Mary Laurinda Jane Smith Beatty (1834– 1899), for example, was one of the first Black women west of the Mississippi to advocate publicly for women’s suffrage. She attempted to vote in the 1872 pres- idential election along- side Maria Hendee, Mrs. M.A. Lambert and Duniway. Though their votes were not counted, they were able to show a unit- ed front in that moment, along with many women across the U.S. who also tried to cast their vote that day. Beatty went on a year later to address the organizing conven- tion of the Oregon State Woman Suffrage Association. Beatrice Morrow Cannady (1890-1974) was another of Oregon’s pioneer African American civil rights advocates. She was edi- tor of the Advocate, Oregon’s most promi- nent African American newspaper, and co-founder and vice president of Portland chapter of the NAACP — the first NAACP branch in the West. Cannady was the first Black woman to practice law in Oregon as well as the first Black woman to run for state representa- tive. “Black women were also really active, and they deserve to be remembered too,” said Ziegelasch, who wanted to emphasize the diver- sity within the Suffrage movement. She said that the suf- fragettes were also polit- ically diverse and did not let their differences stand in the way of their united goal. “[Wednesday’s event] will be a non-partisan Saturday Only, 8/22 9am-4pm 1915 36th Street off Spruce Household items, furniture. Something for everyone. Multi-Family Sat.-Sun., 8/22-8/23 9am-4pm 3-houses on Xylo Street Follow the Signs Household, fi shing, etc. celebration, as were the suffragists themselves; it didn’t matter which party they’re associated with,” Ziegelasch said. “I’d like to think of it as an opportunity to get people together from all walks of life. We’ve invit- ed city councilors, school board members — you name them; we’re making the rounds of all women of Florence.” Beside the parade and historical reenactments, community members can also look forward to live music, a perfor- mance by the Dancing Divas and a presentation by the league of Women Voters. And appropriately enough, there will be a booth set up in Old Town Gazebo Park where people can regis- ter to vote afterwards. Ziegelasch empha- sized that this is a social distancing event and participants will be required to wear masks. “I’m excited and ner- vous,” she said. “I’m hoping to be able to keep everybody masked and reinforce social distanc- ing.” People are encouraged to bring their own fold- ing chairs to set up in the Siuslaw Pioneer Museum parking lot prior to the parade. For more information about the Centennial Women’s Suffrage cele- bration go to the Last Estate Sale Fri.-Sat., August 21-22 10AM-2PM 1150 Hemlock St., Apt 36, Building I please park on Hemlock Lazy Boy sofa and recliner, table & chairs, full bed set, houswares, rarities, succulents Masks and Social distancing required. We’re buying used cars, trucks and SUV’s. Any make or model, paid for or not. Please call today for quote. All quotes by appointment only. 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