Women 100 News from Vision 2020

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER • JANUARY 2020

Message from the President

With 2020 Underway, Women 100 Looks Ahead

Get ready! Vision 2020's exciting Women 100 programs and events are launching in the first quarter of this year. We will soon invite you to participate in an innovative voter mobilization campaign . Online registration will start for our signature events. And, on March 1, our interactive exhibition "Seat at the Table" will open to the public at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia.

Women 100 is the largest 19th Amendment centennial celebration in America. While commemorating the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote, Women 100 is also a celebration of pioneering American women past and present whose achievements have led to progress in fields from government to science to sports.

Yet even more important, Women 100 is an effort to shape the future by creating a bold new agenda to complete the unfinished business of women's equality. If we are successful, Women 100 and the myriad women-themed events and exhibits across the country this year will create a tipping point in the quest for women's economic, social and political equality with men.

We'll provide updates monthly in this newsletter, along with occasional eblasts of timely news. To see the latest developments at any time, visit women100.org and follow our Facebook page .

Lynn Yeakel

President and founder of Vision 2020

Director, Institute for Women's Health & Leadership

Drexel University College of Medicine

News Briefs and Links

Raise Your Voice: Vote in Your State's Primary

February 3 through June 6, 2020

Presidential elections draw about 60% of eligible voters to the polls, while 30% or less vote in primaries. Low turnout in the primaries has several causes. Some states exclude independents from voting. Some primaries take place long after an obvious front-runner has emerged. But an inexcusable cause is apathy. The importance of selecting the candidates who will compete to lead our country is second only to the importance of choosing among them Nov. 3. Register to vote , look up the date of your state's primary and mark your calendar to vote that day.

NPR Station WHYY Airing Profiles of Pioneering Women Past and Present

Weekly throughout 2020

Women 100 Proud Partner WHYY is airing a weekly one-minute spot profiling one of the pioneering women being celebrated this year by Women 100. The spots are narrated by Marty Moss-Coane (pictured), host of the popular "Radio Times" show. Each new spot runs first on a Monday night during "The World," which airs from 8-9 p.m., and is repeated at various other times during the week. All profiles are archived on the WHYY website.

Women 100 Event Updates

Now's the Time to Sponsor College Students for Spring Breakthru

March 20-22, 2020

We are asking higher education professionals, nonprofit organizations, and foundations who work directly with undergraduates to sponsor up to four students for the Women 100 Spring Breakthru . Students from across the country will engage with one another in small group discussions and with panels of leaders who are making a positive impact on the gender equality movement. They will be given the tools and resources to become informed advocates for positive social change. Have questions? Email Joyce Lewandowski at jml575@drexel.edu or visit the event website .

U.S. Sen. Snowe and

Gov. Granholm Named

Co-chairs of Forums

April 1, 2020

Former U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe, a Republican, and former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, a Democrat, will serve as honorary co-chairs of the Women 100 Women's Leadership Forums event. The event will feature three interactive panel discussions about the past, present and future of shared leadership among women and men. Confirmed panelists include Elaine Weiss, journalist and author; Amisha “Amy” Padnani of the New York Times; Angela Dodson, author; Signe Wilkenson, editorial cartoonist; Erin Vilardi of VoteRunLead; Stephanie J. Hull, PhD, of Girls Inc.; and Jean Chatzsky of HerMoney.

Teacher Guide Coming for Class Trips to Seat at the Table exhibition

March through September 2020

Visitors of all ages who experience this free, interactive exhibition will discover what it took for women to win voting rights and how gender inequality persists. To help students in grades 6-12 get the most value from their visit, a free educator's guide to Seat at the Table will soon be available on the Women 100 website. The website also will have information for teachers on how to book a class trip to the exhibition in the lobby of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia.

Coming Soon: Voter Mobilization 2020

Through November 3, 2020

To honor the legacy of the suffragists who fought for and won women’s right to vote, Vision 2020 is launching a campaign across the U.S. to drive a record number of women to vote in 2020. We will be inviting everyone to join a team from Vision 2020’s national network and take part in our peer-to-peer online competition. Participants can invite their friends and earn points – redeemable for prizes – by preparing themselves and their communities to engage in our democratic process. Stay tuned for more details!

Empowering Message of the Month

From Michelle Williams

Michelle Williams had a powerful message for American women in her acceptance speech for Best Actress in a Limited Series at the 2020 Golden Globe Awards (she won for her performance in "Fosse/Verdon"):

“So, women 18 to 118, when it is time to vote, please do so in your own self-interest. It’s what men have been doing for years, which is why the world looks so much like them. Don’t forget we are the largest voting body in this country. Let’s make it look more like us.”

Photo by Paul Drinkwater/NBC

Vision 2020's National Coalition

We are pleased to welcome the following new Delegates, Allied Organizations and Women 100 Proud Partners to Vision 2020’s national coalition. Many of our Proud Partners are hosting women-themed events in 2020. Check the Women 100 Events Calendar regularly to learn about upcoming events.

New Vision 2020 Delegates

Pennsylvania – Ilene Wasserman, president, ICW Consulting Group

Wyoming – Susan (Suzy) Scarlata, public engagement specialist, Town of Jackson

New Vision 2020 Allied Organizations

Women Voters Inc.

Jill Melmed-Buzzeo Award

New Women 100 Proud Partners

Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra

Philadelphia Convention & Visitors Bureau

Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority

Center City Proprietors Association

Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library

Dawn Dyer bottom left in photo.

Photo credit: Toni LeBel

Rose Parade Features

a 19 ^th Amendment Centennial Float

Representatives from three Vision 2020 Allied Organizations were among the women dressed as suffragists marching with the 19th Amendment centennial float in the Rose Parade on New Year’s Day. California Delegate Dawn Dyer (NAWBO), New York Delegate Teresa Younger (President and CEO of Ms. Foundation for Women), and Sylvia Acevedo (CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA) were among the national leaders marching to honor 100 years of women’s voting rights.

D.C. Delegate Participates in Leadership Institute

Marni Puente, Washington, D.C., Delegate, is a member of KPMG’s Executive Leadership Institute for Women. A panel in Tysons Corner, Virginia, attracted over 100 female executives from the DC metro area to discuss resiliency and gender equality in the workplace. Photo credit: Marni Puente

Ready to Run Training to Be Offered Feb. 8

A Vision 2020 Allied Organization, Pennsylvania Center for Women & Politics, is hosting a Ready to Run campaign training for women in Philadelphia on Saturday, Feb. 8 from 8am to 5pm. Learn more or register.