By Evelyn Rumsey Cary (1855-1924), Woman’s Suffrage, 1905, oil on canvas, 40-7/8 x 23-5 inches (103.8 x 60 cm), collection of The Wolfsonian–Florida International University. #arthistory #womenartists #womanartist #painting #oilpainting #VotingRights #suffragehistory

Definition of suffrage: “the right to vote, especially in a political election.”

The quote beneath the woman is Proverbs 31:31 (KJV): “Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.”

The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, passed in 1920, guarantees women the right to vote. However neither men nor women of color had that guarantee until the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.