To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, artist Marilyn Artus is constructing a large flag with 36 stripes representing each of state that took part in its ratification;
On Thursday, January 30, 2020, Oklahoma-based artist Marilyn Artus added South Dakota's stripe to Her Flag at an event at the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre.
On the panel she created for the national Her Flag project, Vermillion artist Klaire Lockheart uses humor and iconic imagery to depict South Dakota’s role in the women’s suffrage movement.
The South Dakota stripe has been added to a national flag project commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote.
To celebrate the anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote, Marilyn Artus, Her Flag Founder, is traveling the path of ratification through the capital cities of the 36 states that ratified the amendment.
The 2020 election year is historic for women. It marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment. It's been nearly a century since women were allowed the right to vote.
A stripe representing Kentucky's ratification of the 19th Amendment and created by artist Linda Erzinger will be added to Her Flag, a traveling work-in-progress piece of art, at noon Wednesday.
As state Rep. Marcia Ranglin-Vassell recited poems from her book of poetry, Marilyn Artus sat behind her, feeding a large piece of fabric through a sewing machine.
The South Dakota stripe of the national ‘Her Flag’ project will be added Thursday, Jan. 30, at 7 p.m. at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. The event is free to the public.
Oklahoma-based artist Marilyn Artus is meeting women of all stripes — and finding artists around the nation to design said stripes — to take part in the “Her Flag” art project.
