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Location Closure The Central Library is closed Thursday, September 17 due to a ticketed speaker event.

Location Closure The Brooklyn Branch will be closing on Thursday, September 17 @ 4 pm due to a facilities issue.

Location Closure The Orleans Street Branch is closed through Saturday, October 17 due to building maintenance.

The year 2020 marked the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave the legal right to vote (suffrage) to women.

The Enoch Pratt Free Library is proud to give homage to the generations of activists who fought for this groundbreaking legislation. Their heroic efforts are crucial to our national story.

Browse the PDFs below to explore the exhibit:

Portraits of Nannie Helen Burroughs and Fannie Barrier Williams. Library of Congress.
Penn[sylvania] on the picket line, 1917. Library of Congress.
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton at a table. Library of Congress.
Lucy Branham in Occoquan prison dress, 1919. Library of Congress.
Just Government League of Maryland march signs: Votes for Women, Liberty or Death, Don't Tread on Me. MD State Archives.
Shirley Chisholm, Norman Rockefeller, and Walter Fauntroy at the Congressional Black Caucus forum, 1975. Library of Congress.
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