A Yellow Rose Project - Responses, Reflections and Reactions to the Nineteenth Amendment

"August 18, 2020, marked the centennial of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In 1920, women wearing yellow roses stood shoulder to shoulder in Tennessee, awaiting the roll call of men who would cast their votes for or against a woman's right to a voice in government. Though this movement won rights for some women-an achievement to be acknowledged and celebrated-the struggle did not end there. Due to states' laws and prohibitive policies, many women of color were unable to exercise their rights after the Nineteenth Amendment. It was not until much later that all American women were given the same privilege. In A Yellow Rose Project, editors Meg Griffiths and Frances Jakubek have invited 100 women photographers to look back upon this part of history from various perspectives. The goal of this collaboration is to provide a focal point and physical platform for women image makers in light of the centennial, providing an artistic bridge connecting the past, present, and future. Opening with essays by Lisa Volpe, curator of photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Shannon Perich, curator in the photographic history collection at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History; Christina Bejarano, professor of political science at Texas Woman's University; and Rachel Michelle Gunter, public historian, this work affords readers a diverse perspective, celebrating progress made and assessing all that remains to be done"--

About the author

MEG GRIFFITHS is an associate professor of photography at Texas Woman's University in Denton. She is the photographer and author of several books, including Precious Matter and Nothing That Falls Away. FRANCES JAKUBEK is the owner of Frances Jakubek Images & Consulting. Her curatorial work has been featured in exhibitions across the United States and abroad.

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• Authors: Meg Griffiths, Meg/ Jakubek Griffiths, Frances Jakubek
• Assisted by: Keliy Anderson-Staley (Photographs), Kalee Appleton (Photographs), Amy Thompson Avishai (Photographs), Tami Bahat (Photographs), Deedra Baker (Photographs), Nancy Baron (Photographs), Lindsey Beal (Photographs), Sheri Lynn Behr (Photographs), Katie Benjamin (Photographs), Julia Bennett (Photographs), Sara Bennett (Photographs), Anne J Berry (Photographs), Christa Bowden (Photographs), Edie Bresler (Photographs), Lily Brooks (Photographs), Ellen Carey (Photographs), Patty Carroll (Photographs), Tracy L Chandler (Photographs), Elizabeth M Claffey (Photographs), Maude Schuyler Clay (Photographs), Ashleigh Coleman (Photographs), Tara Cronin (Photographs), Frances F Denny (Photographs), K K Depaul (Photographs), Rebecca Drolen (Photographs), Yael Eban (Photographs), Odette England (Photographs), Carol Erb (Photographs), Tsar Fedorsky (Photographs), Ellen Feldman (Photographs), Marina Font (Photographs), Preston Gannaway (Photographs), Ann Marye George (Photographs), Susan Kae Grant (Photographs), Claudia Ruiz Gustafson (Photographs), Sarah Hadley (Photographs), Alice Hargrave (Photographs), Carla Jay Harris (Photographs), Chehalis Deane Hegner (Photographs), Ileana Doble Hernandez (Photographs), Bootsy Holler (Photographs), Sarah Hoskins (Photographs), Letitia Huckaby (Photographs), Cindy Hwang (Photographs), Megan Jacobs (Photographs), Ina Jang (Photographs), Farah Janjua (Photographs), Susan Rosenberg Jones (Photographs), Jordanna Kalman (Photographs), Priya Kambli (Photographs), Marky Kauffmann (Photographs), Ashley Kauschinger (Photographs), Kat Kiernan (Photographs), Heidi Kirkpatrick (Photographs), Sandra Klein (Photographs), Katelyn Kopenhaver (Photographs), Molly Lamb (Photographs), Kathya Maria Landeros (Photographs), Rachel Loischild (Photographs), Sara Macel (Photographs), S Billie Mandle (Photographs), Rania Matar (Photographs), Lisa McCarty (Photographs), Noelle McCleaf (Photographs), Jennifer McClure (Photographs), Carolyn McIntyre (Photographs), Mary Beth Meehan (Photographs), Yvette Meltzer (Photographs), Leigh Merrill (Photographs), Diane Meyer (Photographs), Jeanine Michna-Bales (Photographs), Laura E Migliorino (Photographs), Hye-Ryoung Min (Photographs), Alyssa Minahan (Photographs), Greer Muldowney (Photographs), Colleen Mullins (Photographs), Emily Peacock (Photographs), Toni Pepe (Photographs), Rachel Phillips (Photographs), Sarah Pollman (Photographs), Greta Pratt (Photographs), Betty Press (Photographs), Thalassa Raasch (Photographs), Larissa Ramey (Photographs), Astrid Reischwitz (Photographs), Tamara Reynolds (Photographs), Paula Riff (Photographs), Serrah Russell (Photographs), Gail Samuelson (Photographs), Kris Sanford (Photographs), Kyra Schmidt (Photographs), Manjari Sharma (Photographs), Emily Sheffer (Photographs), Aline Smithson (Photographs), Brea Souders (Photographs), Joni Sternbach (Photographs), Kristine Thompson (Photographs), Sasha Tivetsky (Photographs), Marie Triller (Photographs), Melanie Walker (Photographs), Claire A Warden (Photographs), Rana Young (Photographs), Cassandra Zampini (Photographs), Karen Zusman (Photographs)
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.07.2025
• EAN: 9781648433139
• ISBN: 978-1-64843-313-9
• No. of pages: 216
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV