"Shall Not Be Denied" Exhibition: A Single Image Prompts Further Looking By Melissa Lindberg The Library of Congress's exhibition, "Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote," is a visually rich celebration of the women who laid the groundwork for women's suffrage in the United States. Discussing the origins of the movement, the activities immediately leading up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, and the long struggle for women of color to secure the right to vote, the exhibit makes abundantly clear how complex and hard fought the process was, and may continue to be for some. One image in particular struck me both for what it shows and for what it does not make evident. The Awakening Photomechanical print published by Puck Publishing Corporation, 1915, February 20. http:...
