The Sixth Star-Celebrating the Anniversary of California Women Getting the Vote

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: A new exhibit, ?The Sixth Star?Celebrating the Anniversary of California Women Getting the Vote? opens February 11 and runs through May 29 at the Saratoga History Museum (20450 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road). The Museum is open from 1-4 PM Friday through Sunday.
Prior to 1911, women were not allowed to vote but were required to pay taxes and abide by laws passed by men. In 1911, California passed Amendment 8, granting women the right to vote in state elections almost a decade before the 19th Amendment provided women's suffrage throughout the United States. California was the sixth state to do so. Find out how women in California campaigned for women?s suffrage. Local citizen Isabella Blaney was one of the leaders. Come see ephemera, artifacts including letters from Jane Addams, and learn how California?s amendment was the turning point to the passage of the 19th Amendment.