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- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Murals by Brittany Williams
- The 19th Amendment
- Suffrage Maps: Visualizing the Vote
- The Colors of Suffrage
- Women and the University of Rochester
- Women and Politics
- Women and the Arts
- Women and Education
- Women and Work
- Women and Philanthropy
- Women and Religion
- 19th century Activism and Non-Profits
- 20th and 21st Century Activism
- 20th and 21st Century Non-Profits
- Four Quotable Women from RBSCP Collections
- What Shall I Be?
- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
- Smash Patriarchy!
- When A Single Item Tells a Story...
- About this Digital Exhibit
- Why Pink?
- Tell Us What You Think!
Why Pink?
With an exhibition that spans centuries, movements, ideals and ideas, it is challenging to find a unifying design element that speaks and resonates throughout. Rather than a single key image, the exhibit was designed around the color pink. Why pink?
A member of the RBSCP staff, through one of their friends, was able to acquire for us a "Pussy Power Hat" hand-knitted by the designer of the hat, Kat Coyle. It is included in the exhibition. The use of various shades of pink in the physical exhibition created a unified look and allowed us to pay homage to this movement, where, since January of 2016, the color pink has taken on new power and strength. The digital exhibition uses pink in much the same way.