This year, we celebrate 100 years since women were granted the right to vote in the the United States.  In 1848, the women's rights movement launched on a national level with the Seneca falls Convention with the right to vote emerging as a central issue for the movement.  After decades of protests, the 19th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote.  The amendment was ratified on August 18, 1920, and officially certified on August 26, 1920.

In conjunction with Downtown Newnan and Main Street, the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society (NCHS) is participating in Forward Fridays.  On Friday, September 4, NCHS and the McRitchie-Hollis Museum will close their suffragette celebration week by offering free home tours after hours in addition to presenting a button making station for visitors to create buttons in the style of the suffragette movement.  **Tour group sizes will be limited to five (5) members or one family.  Makes ARE required of all participants.**

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