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Upcoming Exhibition

Votes and Dreams

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At the Ballot and Beyond

Votes and Dreams, an inspiring exhibition at the Center for Colorado Women’s History, highlights the struggles and triumphs of Colorado’s women activists and leaders who organized at the ballot box and beyond to implement their vision for a better future.

Colorado’s women have long been trailblazers charting a way forward – from securing women’s voting rights decades before the rest of the country to pursuing economic justice, civil rights and leadership opportunities.

Upon winning the right to vote in 1893, Colorado women achieved a key demand penned decades earlier in the groundbreaking Declaration of Sentiments (1848). Voting, however, was only the beginning. 

From then on, Colorado women enacted major social changes in the pursuit of economic justice, civil independence, leadership, and voting rights. Votes and Dreams explores how Colorado women exercise their hard-won right to vote and examines the barriers faced by women who were denied suffrage.

Visitors to Votes and Dreams will experience a fascinating mix of artifacts, including an outfit worn by a woman to the polls, the ballot box in which she placed her ballot in the 1890’s, and the stories of early women leaders who inspired generations of visionaries, voters, and change-makers.

How to see Votes and Dreams: Visitors can experience Votes and Dreams with the purchase of a General Admission ticket to the museum, available anytime during our public hours. General Admission permits visitors self-guided access to the first floor of the museum.

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A group of men and women stand outside a precinct headquarters tent with banners and American flags. 
Exterior of arched brownstone building, on the front are two large white signs with red text that reads "Women's Bank"
A man and woman stand in front of a desk labeled "County Court." The woman is wearing a Victorian dress with a hat. The man is wearing a checkered coat. They are wrapped with a bow labeled "Marriage Tie." Judge Miller leans over the desk with a pair of scissors labeled "Colorado Divorce Law" to cut the ribbon. A sign in the background reads "Divorces while you wait" and another with "Applications", as a large group of men and women stand in line.
A colored newspaper clipping showing three illustrations of Josephine Roche. Shows a portrait of Roche, a drawing of her with children, and a drawing of her making a speech in New York.
Painting of a female land rights protester chained to a fence. Next to her floats an indigenous latino spirit holding a yellow and orange flower. In black and white, behind the fence, are collaged black and white images of protesters and their protest signs.
A young woman suffragette sits in a chair near a banner reading "Colorado Women are Citizens." The woman wears a fur coat, hat, and leather gloves. Tassels dangle from the top and bottom of the banner.
The image depicts a group of students and other supporters at the University of Colorado Boulder protesting the lack of financial aid for Chicano/a students. One student holds a sign that reads "Financial What???" Several other students hold their fists in the air.

 

 

In recognition of America's 250 - Colorado's 150 Anniversary