Rightfully Hers
For the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, the National Archives engaged Second Story to highlight the ongoing battle for women’s equality.
We created a three-part digital activation called Rightfully Hers that features sights, sounds, and actions of the suffrage movement. The exhibit inspires younger generations to use and defend their hard-won voting rights.
An immersive entryway showcases a large digital canvas with life-size silhouettes of marching suffragettes holding banners of dissent from every decade. Walking alongside these freedom fighters, visitors feel a visceral connection to timeless acts of protest. Movement leaders emerge in the form of digitally drawn portraits. Their impassioned convictions fill the air, reminding viewers that a woman’s right to vote was once a hotly contested issue.
Finally, visitors take a stand by casting their ballots in voting booths that address current women’s issues, including equal pay and access to healthcare. Just outside, a digital canvas aggregates responses in real-time to show popular concerns.
As young women come of age in a time of continued social and political challenges, they wield the power with their votes and voices. What causes will they champion to shape the progress of our culture? The future depends on it.