The QCT’s longtime assignment editor, journalist and copy editor Shirley Nadeau is “showing her stripes” as an inspirational woman in a rather unusual and distinctive place.
A Laramie artist is contributing a stripe to a touring flag celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
Wyoming was the first state or territory to give women the right to vote in 1869, and in 1920 the 19th amendment was ratified - giving all women the right to vote. To celebrate the 100th year anniversary of the 19th amendment, artist Marilyn Artus of Oklahoma City is constructing an 18x26' flag with 36 stripes to represent each of the 36 states that took part in the ratification of the 19th Amendment.
A University of Wyoming research scientist is among participants in the “Her Flag” artist project that celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.