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19th amendment news
The gist
A suffrage exhibit tied to the 19th Amendment opens in Erie on Sep 14, 2026.
It lands as a Supreme Court mail-voting ruling and repeal talk revive voting-access questions.
How it unfolded
- Jul 8, 1913Hundreds of women marched in the Erie parade during the city's Perry Centennial; a float displayed an early plaster Justice Bell promoting women's suffrage.
- 1915A permanent one-ton bronze Justice Bell was cast and muted to symbolize the silencing of women's voices; it traveled the state on a flatbed truck ahead of a November ballot referendum on women's suffrage, which was defeated.
- 1920The 19th Amendment gave women in Pennsylvania and nationwide the right to vote; the Justice Bell was rung for the first time in celebration.