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Hundreds of Women to Rally, March and Speak Today to Kickoff 100th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote

August 26, 2019

County of Santa Clara Supervisor Cindy Chavez, Office of Women’s Policy and Women’s Equality 2020 Leadership Group Sponsoring Rally 

WHAT:

Santa Clara County will be the first in California to kick-off the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote by rallying in downtown San Jose with a multi-generational crowd and march, speakers, soap-box speeches, women dressed like Suffragettes, all in the name of getting all people in our diverse communities registered to vote and obtain accurate Census 2020 numbers. Speakers will include County of Santa Clara Supervisors Cindy Chavez, Susan Ellenberg, Dave Cortese; Protima Pandey, Office of Women’s Policy; Miguel Marquez, County Chief Operating Officer; representatives from city, south and north county, LGBTQ and diverse communities.

WHEN: 

Start time: Monday, August 26, 10:30 a.m.

WHERE:

In front of the Martin Luther King Library, 150 East San Fernando Street, San Jose
 

FACTOIDS

  • Santa Clara County was pivotal in putting California over the top in giving women the right to vote in 1911, when 60 percent of voters in this county passed it.
  • On Election Day, October 10, 1911, the measure was soundly defeated in San Francisco & just barely passed in Los Angeles.
  • When the long count was finally completed several days later, Equal Suffrage had passed by only 3,587 votes – an average majority of one vote in each precinct in the state. The final count was 125,037 to 121,450, making California the 6th state in the nation to give women the right to vote.

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About the County of Santa Clara, California

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Media Contact: Beth Willon, Communications Director for Supervisor Cindy Chavez, (408) 660-5174; Laurel Anderson/Marina Hinestrosa, Office of Public Affairs, (408) 299-5119​. ​

Posted: August 26, 2019

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