Oklahoman Marilyn Artus to participate in New Year's Day Rose Parade to celebrate 100th anniversary of 19th amendment.

Marilyn Artus and 36 other female artists from across the country are creating a large flag to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.

Oklahoma artist Marilyn Artus will be participate in the 131st Rose Parade on New Year's Day.

Artus is among 100 women and men who will be walking with a float celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote.

Of the 100 walkers will be 36 women representing the states that ratified the 19th Amendment into law. Artus is officially representing the state of Oklahoma, according to a news release.

“What a treat to walk in this parade. I have watched it since I was a little girl. The first day of 2020, the 100th year anniversary of the 19th Amendment, and I get to kick it off by walking in The Rose Parade. Yes, please!” Artus said in a statement.

Marilyn Artus is an artist from Oklahoma City who is traveling to all 36 states that ratified the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution with a goal of completing the project "Her Flag," which will have 36 stripes, each designed by a female artist … — Marilyn Artus is an artist from Oklahoma City who is traveling to all 36 states that ratified the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution with a goal of completing the project "Her Flag," which will have 36 stripes, each designed by a female artist from each of those states. Artus hopes to finish the flag by next August, 2020, the anniversary of the 36th states' ratification. She is photographed at Artspace at Untitled in Deep Deuce on Tuesday, July 2, 2019. [The Oklahoman Archives]

As The Oklahoman's Jana Allen reported over the summer, Artus has been working since 2017 on a project called "Her Flag." She is taking a road trip to each of the 36 ratifying states of the 19th Amendment, in order of ratification, to sew stripes onto "Her Flag," which, when completed, will be an 18-by-26-feet flag with 36 stripes representing each state, with each stripe designed by a woman artist in that state.

After 14 months and 17 separate trips, she anticipates the flag will be completed on Aug. 18, 2020, in Nashville, Tennessee, the 100th anniversary of Tennessee being the 36th state to ratify the amendment, making it law.

To read more of Artus' summer interview with Jana, click here.