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On this June 4, 1919 the 19th Amendment passed the Senate. Fifteen months later, it was ratified by the necessary 36 state legislatures, giving American women the right to vote.
Susan B. Anthony drafted the original amendment, with the help of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and it was first formally introduced in 1878. It sat in committee for nine years before it went before the Senate in 1887 and was voted down. Over the next decades several individual states approved women’s voting rights but a Constitutional amendment wasn’t considered again until 1914. It was repeatedly defeated and an anti-suffrage movement campaigned against it claiming that it was unfeminine for women to venture outside their natural domestic sphere.
But in 1918 Woodrow Wilson threw his support behind the suffrage movement. Women had entered the workforce in large numbers during World War I, and in a speech that President Wilson gave in September 1918, he said: “We have made partners of the women in this war. Shall we admit them only to a partnership of suffering and sacrifice and toil and not to a partnership of right?” The amendment passed both Houses of Congress the following May.
( A Writers Almanac - June 4, 2021)
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Voting Polls Open at Swanson Studio on June 8 |
Tuesday, June 8, 2021, the Swanson Studio will be used as a polling place for a Democratic Party Primary Election. Officers of election will be arriving by 5:00 a.m. and be leaving by 8:30 p.m. that day. The Department of Elections has received from the appropriate authority notice requesting a Primary Election. The Republican Party has called for a Primary Election to be held on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Virginia House of Delegates, 14th District. The Democratic Party has called for a Primary Election to be held on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, for the purpose of nominating a candidate for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General and Virginia House of Delegates, 14th District.
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Blue Muse Opening Reception June 6, 2021 from 2-5pm |
Preserving the Roots of the American South
The Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History (DMFAH) presents Timothy Duffy: Blue Muse, on view June 1, 2021 through August 28, 2021. There will be an OPENING RECEPTION on Sunday June 6th from 2-5pm.
Using a photography process invented in the United States in the nineteenth-century, Timothy Duffy creates masterful one-of-a-kind tintype portraits of American musicians, preserving the faces of American roots music for future generations.
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Still Time To Sign Up For Summer Explorer Camp at the DMFAH |
Summerstack: Theatre and Art Explorers Camp is a 2 week program for students entering 1st-5th grades. Campers will be introduced to the basics of theatre each day from 9am until 11am by professionals from Smokestack Theatre Company, and in the afternoon they will follow the Museum Of Modern Art curriculum for art project that discusses artists, and art techniques..At the end of the 2 week camp, they will have a basic understanding of what goes into a production including: Auditioning, Acting Technique, Set Design, Costumes, and more. Theatre and Art Explorers will have the opportunity to showcase some of these skills in an evening finale presentation for parents and family. An Art Exhibition will be presented as well. The camp will be held June 7-18, Monday-Friday: 9am-11am (Theater) with a 11-1pm Brown Bag Lunch (Please bring your own) and Strategic Game session, followed by Art in the afternoon. Pick-up is at 3pm. The camp is limited to 25 children. Registration includes a Summerstack T-Shirt and 2 tickets to the Theatre Explorers Showcase on June 18 at 6pm. The total cost for registration is $125 per child. Members of the DMFAH may contact Smokestack Theatre Company for a $25 discount on registration. We believe that theatre and art is for EVERYONE. If your family cannot afford the cost of registration, please email info@thesmokestack.org to see about scholarship opportunities.
Programming made possible with the support of the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History. Please register HERE:
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Summerstack and DMFAH Theater & Art |
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Learn to Act in the Morning and Be An Artist In the Afternoon |
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.Summerstack and DMFAH Theater and Art Camp
Event Details
Hosted By:
Summerstack and the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
Event Website:
Location:
Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History
975 Main Street
Danville, VA, 24541
Event Dates:
June 7th, 2021 until June 18thth, 2021 (Two weeks Monday - Friday)
Contact:
Phone: (434) 793-5648-
Email: Josh Lucia
Other Information:
Cost: $125 for the session per child
Please bring Brownbag lunch
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THANK YOU to Wanderlove Participants |
On Thursday Goodwill driver Albert Mets came to pick up all the sweaters that were not used by WANDERLOVE. The cutting is done; the sewing is almost done. Most Groups have a Tub waiting for them at the Museum. Please bring in your last panels, and your last knitting and crochet pieces. We are moving everything to the Craghead Pop-up Gallery right next to Mucho’s restaurant on Craghead in the River District. Thank you to Cheryl Sutherlin for the Main Street Collective's contribution of 40 panels!!!
Calder Brannock, our installer, will be doing a site visit on June 8. He will be back on June 27th to train volunteers and museum interns on install procedures from 2-5pm. Please join us – THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING PART OF THE YARN BOMBING
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New WANDERLOVE Pop-Up Gallery |
.New WANDERLOVE Pop-up gallery for previewing the WANDERLOVE panels!
The DMFAH is now occupying two galleries on Craghead. The one is our pristine White-box gallery space at 536 where Tim Duffy’s beautiful Tintypes are displayed, and the other is a pop-up temporary gallery for WANDERLOVE panels. All the panels will be collected and hung this month. On the 27th groups can sign up for installation slots, and speak to the Installer, Calder Brannock, about installation procedures. Some groups will want to install their own work, while other groups will need help. We will make sure all volunteer groups get what they need.
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Discussion of Book: Caste
A reminder that Katie Whitehead will be discussing the book Caste on Tuesday, June 8 with the Duke Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Group. This is an excellent book and Katie brings some clarity and much needed detail to the complexities of this book. The book discussion starts at 6:30pm
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Please Be Patient As Summer Maintenance Begins at DMFAH |
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Work on the Porch and painting the House
Please be patient this summer, as we allow the city to do crucial maintenance on the Sutherlin Mansion. The front porch is being restored and the Museum is being painted.
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We appreciate all the work done by Norberto Saldivar from S& R painting and Mark McFadden, Steve Farlow, and also Mike Kendrick from the City Works team for the porch and balcony repairs. |
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Wednesday Reading On The Lawn |
Reading on the Lawn on Wednesday
Thank you to all who came out for the first “Reading on the Lawn “ this Wednesday. We look forward to seeing you for other Wednesdays. Last week at 6pm “It's Only A Play” by Terrance McNally was read. Check in with Smokestack for this week's reading, and also find out more about upcoming events HERE: https://www.facebook.com/SmokestackTheatreCompany/videos/389806029013711/
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A direct and compelling headline |
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Yoga on the Lawn Saturday
Yoga was cancelled last Saturday, and we know that many of you were disappointed. Please make sure to register with Lauren Mathena, and to regularly check the Firefly website for updates on cancellations. This does not happen often, but we do not want anybody to be caught off-guard. Lauren will be back at the museum this Saturday, so please come on out!
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