Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Untitled (woman wearing a blue smock sitting in a chair), circa 1914-1916; watercolor and pencil on paper; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Charles E. Burchfield Foundation Archives, Gift of the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, 2006
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, October 3, 1914
Saturday, Oct 3, 2020
P.M. Downtown. Woman’s suffrage day. Big parade. A fine sight. In a short time, what has actually existed for a long time (equality) will be admitted by men and granted.
A dense hazy afternoon.
Tall buildings blending by blue into sky.
Night – moon hazy - a large white ring.
I am another person now.
Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, October 3, 1914
[The Ohio Women's Suffrage Amendment to the Ohio State Constitution, which would have given women the right to vote, was defeated in November 1914. The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution for Women’s Right to Vote was passed by Congress on June 4, 1919 and ratified on August 18, 1920.]