What:

The San Jose Post Office will feature the Women Vote 19th Amendment Forever Stamp in a special ZOOM pictorial cancellation ceremony.

The USPS in partnership with the Santa Clara Office of Women’s Policy, will celebrate this historical 100-year milestone through a unique virtual dedication. Attendees will hear from amazing guest speakers, witness a live postal dedication and receive information on how to purchase their own copy of this unique stamp and cancellation.

When:

Friday, September 18, 2020
Noon to 12:30 PM Pacific Time

Where:

https://tinyurl.com/19A-Stamp-Release-Ceremony 

Who:

Aron Jones, Executive San Jose Postmaster
Cindy Chavez, Santa Clara County Supervisor

BACKGROUNDER:

This year marks the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guaranteed women the right to vote. More than 70 years in the making, the 19th Amendment was added to the Constitution on August 26, 1920.
Inspired by historic photographs, the stamp art features a stylized illustration of suffragists marching in a parade or other public demonstration. The clothes they wear and the banners they bear display the official colors of the National Woman’s Party (NWP) - purple, white and gold.
The U.S. women’s suffrage movement coalesced in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. That year, some 300 women and men gathered for a two0day women’s rights convention. In the decades that followed their call for women’s suffrage spread across the country, attracting supporters from all walks of life.
The amendment finally passed in the House of Representatives in May 1919 and in the Senate in June 1919. The tremendously difficult process of ratification, which requires three-quarters of all states, took another year.
Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamp using art by Nancy Stahl.  

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