A Yellow Rose Project:
Responses, Reflections, and Reactions to the Nineteenth Amendment
Published by Texas A&M University Press, editors Meg Griffiths and Frances Jakubek have invited 106 female photographers to look back upon this part of history from various perspectives. The goal of this collaboration is to provide a focal point and physical platform for female image makers in light of the centennial, providing an artistic bridge connecting the past, present, and future.
Opening with essays by Lisa Volpe, curator of photography at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Shannon Perich, curator in the photographic history collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History; Christina Bejarano, professor of political science at Texas Woman’s University; and Rachel Michelle Gunter, public historian, this work affords readers a multifaceted perspective, celebrating progress made and assessing all that remains to be done.
““One[s] heart is lifted by the equal respect given to each contribution, a brain that is tickled with ideas, and a soul that is nudged to action and self-examination.””
Now featured in:
The Library of Congress, DiMenna-Nyselius Library at Fairfield University, University of Maryland Libraries, Cleveland Museum of Art, University of Alabama, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Louisiana State University, Collin College and Zentralbibliothek Zürich.
The book includes individual statements about the photographs and biographies of each contributing artist.
“Combined these artworks survey the long movement, celebrate the victories, and point toward future, imperative struggles. Symbolically, each stand as a yellow rose.”