“After several moves, I kept forgetting to transfer/update my voter registration; there were several elections I couldn't vote because I realized I hadn't updated my registration in time. But one International Women's Day, I just started reading and digging into the suffrage movement. Right then, I updated my voter registration. After another move coming, I wasn't about to let my registration fall off again. So I updated it. However, a glitch in the system didn't do it properly even though I had gotten confirmation it had. So, I went to my new polling place in Edwardian Suffrage costume to show I meant business. And I've dressed like this to vote since then. I realized that the suffrage movement in the U.S. took on the British color of purple, but then used yellow (instead of green) to widely promote the movement. So, I began making yellow sashes to go vote; thus using "Yellow Sash Revolution" to remind other women to use their hard-fought-for right and voice to put in a well-informed ballot. By going to the voting booth in suffragist costume, it has also created a lot of conversation about why we do this. In turn, this is why I do this.”
Votes for Women; yellow sash; Febb Burn; Susan B. Anthony; Deeds Not Words; A Woman Living Here Has Registered to Vote Thereby Assuming the Responsibility of Citizenship
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