Past News and Events

September 14, 2012: Lafayette memorial Honors Suffragist Abigail Scott Duniway

July 21, 2012: “Suffragists Among Us” (and related media coverage)

May 31, 2012: Statewide exhibit launch at Oregon Historical Society

May 29, 2012: “100 Years and Counting: celebrating woman suffrage in Oregon”

April 26-28, 2012: Oregon Heritage Conference, “Fertile Ground: Planting the Seeds for Restoration, Innovation and Collaboration”

April 26, 2012: Lipman, Wolfe & Co Centennial Benefit for OWHC

April 30, 2012: Oregon Secretary of State partners with Century of Action on the 2011-2012 Oregon Blue Book

March 7, 2012: “Suffrage: Struggle of the Century” by Steve Law, Portland Tribune

March 4, 2012: “Yours for Liberty: Abigail Scott Duniway”

February 26, 2012: Ruth Tenzer Feldman Reading at Central Library

February 22, 2012: Lynn Sherr lecture and sashing, Oregon Historical Society’s Mark O. Hatfield Distinguished Historians Forum

February 7, 2012: Senate Concurrent Resolution 204 passes

February 3, 2012: Senate Concurrent Resolution 204 hearings begin

February 2, 2012: “Votes for Women! The Oregon Story” opens

February 1, 2012: “Votes for Women! The Oregon Story” opening reception

January 19th to May 6, 2012: “The Dawn of Tomorrow:Oregon Jews and Woman Suffrage” exhibit at the Oregon Jewish Museum

November 30, 2011: “She Flies with her Own Wings” exhibit on the speeches of Abigail Scott Duniway

November 5, 2011: “Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women” at the Central Library

November 3, 2011: Metro Councilors receive Votes for Women sashes

August 29, 2011: History Pub: “Lives of Women Citizens: Pioneering Women in Public Service”

July 27, 2011: Debut Party for Century of Action

July 8, 2011: Governor Barbara Roberts City Club Friday Forum, “A Century of Women’s Suffrage in Oregon: Understanding History, Making History”

June 25, 2011: Remembering the Honorable Betty Roberts (1923-2011)

April 23, 2011: Historian Jensen celebrated for scholarship

April 14, 2011: Jefferson Exchange host Geoffrey Riley interviews Century of Action Program Director Janice Dilg

April 5, 2011: Oregon Heritage Commission Proclaims Statewide Celebration

March 8, 2011: Gov. Barbara Roberts’ Century of Action Kick-Off Speech Event and speech text

March 2010: Updated on Century of Action project

August 2009: Century of Action-Oregon Encyclopedia History night

August 2009: Donating to Century of Action project

August 2009: Planning Outline and Suffrage Centennial Survey

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