Who: Join Colorado First Lady Jeanne Ritter, Representative Nancy Todd, Director of the Molly Brown House Museum Annie Robb Levinsky and other local women as they march on Capitol Hill in a Women's Suffrage Rally.
What: Local dignitaries, along with women dressed in period clothing and wearing "Vote for Women" sashes will hold a suffrage rally, marching from the State Capitol to the MollyBrownHouseMuseum. Margaret "Molly" Brown was a woman with many passions. She traveled, performed and ran for both state and national office. She also shared a dream with many women of her generation:
The Right To Vote.Please join the rally as the MollyBrownHouseMuseum officially opens the 2008 summer exhibit:
"No Pink Tea"
Margaret Brown, Women's Suffrage and Denver's 1908 Convention
When/Where: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
11:30 am
Remarks & Suffrage Rally at the State Capitol
12:00 pm
Reception at the MollyBrownHouseMuseum
1340 Pennsylvania
RSVP (303) 832-4092 extension 11
Exhibit Details: In 1908, politics embroiled the nation, women pushed for the right to vote and Denver shone in the national spotlight by hosting its first Democratic National Convention. Margaret "Molly" Brown waded right into the fray. This summer, in honor of the 100 th anniversary of Denver's first national political convention, the Molly Brown House will explore the politics of the past, with special focus on women's campaigns to help select the American president, regardless of party affiliation. The exhibit recreates the controversies and passions of the day, with special focus on women's role in the political arena as they campaigned for the right to help select the next American president, regardless of party affiliation. In 1908, women in Denver and elsewhere grew increasingly avid in their desire to cast ballots. The Molly Brown House Museum exhibit recreates the tools they used in their pursuit of suffrage, including an intimate suffrage tea setting, a lecture-style luncheon common in the movement and even the sashes, signs and banners that marked a truly grassroots effort. Special women's suffrage china, an authentic ballot box and Margaret Brown's own words and remarks will be on display. Inside the Brown's historic home, visitors will view the fashions seen outside the convention hall in 1908, learn about the candidates 100 years ago and explore the political scene of a vastly different era. The exhibit will be on display inside the Brown's restored 1889 home, where the leaders of the day, Teddy Roosevelt, William Jennings Bryan and William Taft, could all have found comfort.
Hours/Prices/Location: The MollyBrownHouseMuseum, owned and operated by
Historic Denver, Inc., is a celebrated Denver landmark located at 1340
Pennsylvania Street in the historic Capitol Hill Neighborhood. General museum admission, including the exhibit, is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors over 65 and
$4 for kids 6-12 years old. Museum tours run Tuesday through Saturday from
10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and on Sundays from 12 noon - 4 p.m. During June, July and
August, the Museum is also open on Mondays.