Votes for Women
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AIGA Get Out the Vote: Empowering the Women’s Vote
Submitted By: Sam Nguyen
AIGA Chapter: Houston
Artist Statement: Women have fought through much opposition and broken down many barriers as they stood up to inequality and demanded their right to vote. With this year marking the centennial of the 19th Amendment, we are celebrating 100 years of women’s right to vote and empowering others to use their right to vote.
This poster uses a historical image of a woman’s torso as a reference and backdrop to discuss the history of women’s voting rights. The purple of the clothing and yellow of the brooch are the official colors of the National Women’s Party, who have fought for women’s suffrage since 1916.
The pins and buttons adorned on the clothing draw a line from the beginning of the women’s rights movement to present day, with phrases used by women throughout history and a call to action with this year’s election. The typefaces used on the pins and buttons are mainly created by women; pins and buttons themselves are a common artifact from the suffrage movement, with hundreds of different pins created by many different women’s rights organizations throughout the fight for women's right to vote.
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This work is part of the AIGA Get Out the Vote, AIGA’s Civic Engagement Initiative.