EALD awarded grant to produce presentation on women's suffrage in Adams County

With the 2020 centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment drawing closer, the East Adams Library District announced on July 19 that they have been awarded a grant to create a presentation on women winning the right to vote in Adams County.

The presentation, titled “Rural Suffrage: Winning the Vote for Women in Adams County,” will celebrate local women as well as state and national figures that shaped the movement in Washington. The presentation will highlight the engagement of women in civic live.

“We are very excited to offer a presentation to the community that studies such an important...