Past exhibition.
In 1853, suffragist and abolitionist Lucretia Coffin Mott stated, “Any great change must expect opposition.”
Commemorating the centennial of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (August 1920) the exhibition Any Great Change documents how women gained the vote and the ways they have used political power over the last century. That impact includes Georgia women and their role in politics both as elected officials and organizers.
The exhibition explores the decades-long struggle for women’s suffrage as well as the key groups, their strategies, and their leaders, including Emily C. MacDougald and her daughter, Emily Inman, owner of Swan House. MacDougald was president of the Equal Suffrage Party of Georgia and Inman participated in Atlanta suffrage parades.
The exhibition will be installed in a gallery space on Swan House’s second floor, now fully accessible via chair lift.
Support
Funding for the exhibition, as well as the chair lift installation, is generously provided by Emily Bourne Grigsby.
Any Great Change Online
Access an online walk-through of Any Great Change: The Centennial of the 19th Amendment on Google Arts and Culture here.
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Story
What does it mean to be an active citizen? Our exhibit, Any Great Change: The Centennial of the 19th Amendment, explores that question through the lens of women’s suffrage.
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In August 2020, we commemorate the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment which guaranteed American women the right to vote. However, this was not an inclusive victory.
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Buildings & Grounds
Designed by Philip Trammel Shutze in 1928 for Edward and Emily Inman, Swan House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.