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Petticoats and Pickett Signs encaustic 12 x 9 Suffragettes may seem like ancient history but voting rights are not as stable or guaranteed as we may believe, even in the USA. This series of three images chronicle the ongoing strife. Women secured their vote after much suffering and resistance in 1920. They were dressed in their finest in a time when petticoats were still part of fashion. Black men were granted the right to vote via ratification in 1870 but faced violence and intimidation at the polls. It was not until 1965 in the advent of the Civil Rights movement and the Voting Rights Act before all people regardless of race or gender were promised the true right to vote. Men and women linked arms and marched together. Tragically in 2018, Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida was another site in a horrific trend of school shootings. Here the students rebelled against the false comfort of “thoughts and prayers”. They rallied and protested on a level never seen before. They called for safer gun laws. Never Again MSD foundation was formed by survivor Emma Gonzales. This threat started a movement to change the voting age from 18 to 20 to prevent this impassioned and articulate group of young people from making a stand with their vote. They gathered in blue t-shirts with simple white lettering: Parkland. No further explanation needed. Additional shipping/delivery charges will be handled between the artist and buyer after the purchase.