Colorado women got the right to vote in 1893, three years after Wyoming did the same for its female residents.
But a shoe worn by suffragette Jane Adams, a tea set emblazoned with the phrase “Votes for Women” and sashes in yellow, the official color of the suffrage movement, displayed in the Molly Brown House Museum in Denver are a genteel reminder that although Colorado women were delegates to the 1908 Democratic National Convention, they would fight another 12 years before they could cast a national ballot in a presidential election.
The 1908 meet was a galvanizing moment for Colorado women, such as Molly Brown, who toiled in the suffrage movement, said museum director Annie Levinsky, as she introduced the exhibit, “No Pink Tea: Margaret Brown, Women’s Suffrage & Denver’s 1908 Convention,” from the steps of the Capitol on Tuesday morning.
“I think it inspired them that they could participate on a national level,” she said. “They had the opportunity to see how politics worked on national stage, and to get engaged and try new things. ”
“It’s inspiring to see that people alone, and in small groups, can have an impact and have their voices heard,” Levinsky said.
