Collected by: University of Oregon

Archived since: Oct, 2020

Description:

The Oregon Women’s History Consortium (OWHC) is a 501c3 educational organization that provides leadership to support research and education related to the history of women in Oregon. Established in 2010, the Oregon Women’s History Consortium led the statewide commemoration of the centennial of Oregon women gaining the right to vote in 2012, Century of Action: Oregon Women Vote, 1912-2012. The OWHC is engaged in educating the public about Oregon activists’ role in gaining the right to vote and to place women’s voting rights in the United States Constitution with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.

Subject:   Society & Culture,  Politics & Elections,  Government