Discover Two Inspiring Exhibits Celebrating Women’s Fight for the Vote at the Crown Point Library
Visitors to the Crown Point Community Library can explore two fascinating exhibits that highlight the history, determination, and lasting impact of the women’s suffrage movement. Both exhibits are on display through the end of July during regular library hours.
“A Right Worth Fighting For: The History of the League of Women Voters of the Calumet Area”
Located in the library’s display cases in the main lobby, this exhibit, presented by the League of Women Voters of the Calumet Area (LWVCA), tells the story of more than a century of civic engagement.
Through historical documents, photographs, clothing, and artifacts, the exhibit traces the founding of the local Leagues of Women Voters in the Calumet area, which eventually merged to become today’s LWVCA. Visitors will learn about the long struggle that led to women gaining the right to vote in 1920 and discover how the League has continued its mission of educating voters, encouraging civic participation, and protecting the right to vote for all citizens.
The exhibit serves as a powerful reminder that while the fight for women’s suffrage culminated with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, the work of strengthening democracy continues today.
“Securing the Vote: Women’s Suffrage in Indiana”
Also on display through July is Securing the Vote: Women’s Suffrage in Indiana, a traveling exhibit from the Indiana Historical Society located in the library’s gallery hallway.
This compelling exhibit explores the history of Indiana’s suffrage movement, beginning with the state’s first Indiana Woman’s Rights Convention held in Dublin in 1851 and continuing through the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.
Visitors will discover how Hoosier women spent more than 70 years organizing meetings, leading campaigns, and advocating tirelessly for equal voting rights. Despite numerous setbacks and defeats, they remained steadfast in their pursuit of full citizenship and the power to shape their communities through the ballot box.
Securing the Vote: Women’s Suffrage in Indiana is a project of the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial, catalyzed by Indiana Humanities, the Indianapolis Propylaeum, the Indiana Historical Society, and the Indiana Historical Bureau, with support from Lilly Endowment Inc.
Both exhibits are free to view and will remain on display at the Crown Point Community Library through July 31 during regular library hours.
