Votes For Women
TITLE
Votes For Women
PRODUCED BY
AB Productions
LOCATION
623 South Wabash Avenue (South Side)
PHOTO CREDIT
Sandra Steinbrecher
PROJECT STATEMENT
Votes for Women was created to honor the labor and organizing by women who were engaged in the long struggle to gain the right to vote. This mural features the yellow rose, which was a symbol used in the suffrage movement, with the iconic phrase “Votes for Women” at the center. It stands as a vivid reminder of the suffragists' unwavering determination, and serves as a rallying cry that the work for full gender equity persists.
Votes for Women is the third in a series of murals commissioned by the Chicago Womxn's Suffrage Tribute Committee. It is a companion mural to Dorian Sylvain’s Speak up! and a sister mural to On the Wings of Change by Diosa (Jasmina Cazacu) located on the south side of 33 East Ida B Wells Drive.
ABOUT THE CHICAGO WOMXN'S SUFFRAGE TRIBUTE COMMITTEE
The Chicago Womxn's Suffrage Tribute Committee was formed in 2020 to honor the work of Illinois women for voting and other rights for women, and to ensure that the stories of women’s activism are told and not forgotten. The focus is to create public art projects that will reach wide audiences and serve to mark the work of women activists in public spaces and venues.
About This Project
Commissioning Committee: The Chicago Womxn’s Suffrage Tribute Committee: Meg Duguid, Michelle Duster, Catherine Mardikes, Kris Nesbitt, Lori Osborne, and Neysa Page-Lieberman
Producer: Meg Duguid
Site and Production Manager: Abie Vasquez, AB Productions
Photography: Sandra Steinbrecher
This project was made possible with donations from individual supporters and Chicago Foundation for Women, Jane Walker by Johnnie Walker, The Harnisch Foundation, The Field Foundation, University Center, Chicago Women’s History Center, and the Illinois Arts Council Agency.