From Suffrage to #MeToo

Groundbreaking Women in Sonoma County

January 25 - September 13, 2020 Extended through January 24, 2021!

Do you know who the first woman to achieve elected office in Sonoma County was? The woman from Sebastopol who pioneered environmental studies? The woman from Santa Rosa who led the national effort to recognize women in history? Do you know their stories?

2020 is the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, giving women the constitutional right to vote. While different in goal and origin, the recent #MeToo movement and women’s marches also represent pivotal change and the power of the collective voice to challenge the status quo. The Museum of Sonoma County’s exhibition, From Suffrage to #MeToo: Groundbreaking Women in Sonoma County, explores the changing expectations, challenges, and obstacles to inclusion that women have faced and the remarkable people who have broken through the barriers. Over 20 women are highlighted in this exhibition, including:

• Song Wong Bourbeau
• Liz Cunningham
• May Grace
• Alice Gray
• Molly Murphy MacGregor
• Frances McGaughey-Martin
• Ruth Mahaney
• Dalia (Dale) Messick
• Augusta Metzger
• Hansel Mieth
• Ann Neel
• Essie Parrish
• Mary Ellen Pleasant
• Helen Putnam
• Jill Ravitch
• Helen Rudee
• Alicia Sanchez
• Judy Sakaki
• Doris Sloan
• J.J. Wilson
• Lynn Woolsey

This exhibition is generously supported by Liz Uribe - Realtor with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Wine Country Group, Creative Sonoma, Impact 100 Redwood Circle Community Grants Program, Eleanor Butchart - On Fire!, Patisserie Angelica, and Pisenti and Brinker.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org.

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Her Story Remembered

It would be impossible to name all groundbreaking women in Sonoma County over the last 100 years. This is where we need your help! Whether they are a family member, friend, teacher, or other inspirational person, let us know who your write-in candidate is and why. Submissions will be shared on our website and social media.

Click here to "vote" for your "write-in candidate"

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