<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]-->
<title>DPLA launches Black Women’s Suffrage Digital Collection</title>
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
        {font-family:Helvetica;
        panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
        {font-family:"Cambria Math";
        panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
        {font-family:Calibri;
        panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
        {margin:0in;
        margin-bottom:.0001pt;
        font-size:11.0pt;
        font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
        {mso-style-priority:99;
        color:blue;
        text-decoration:underline;}
span.org
        {mso-style-name:org;}
span.locality
        {mso-style-name:locality;}
span.region
        {mso-style-name:region;}
span.postal-code
        {mso-style-name:postal-code;}
.MsoChpDefault
        {mso-style-type:export-only;
        font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
        {size:8.5in 11.0in;
        margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
        {page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FAFAFA" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Big news from DPLA! –<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#FAFAFA;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="600" style="width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="background:#FAFAFA;padding:6.75pt 0in 6.75pt 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#656565"><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmailchi.mp%2F8c738e7d2795%2Fdpla-launches-black-womens-suffrage-digital-collection%3Fe%3Dfbc1bcd7ab&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331477793&amp;sdata=S7DVzEDAeayAn3V2gzB%2Bm4wag0y2ASIDpoDAd8gaZl0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:#656565">View
 this email in your browser</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="background:white;padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;background:cover;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;background-size: cover;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:50%" id="templateHeader">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3Dc2147c8639%26e%3Dfbc1bcd7ab&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331477793&amp;sdata=ivdRKa5K4fKmB9NaCtSQVvXsHGR6OLabnA7xGSpc4HM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="396" style="width:4.125in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://mcusercontent.com/e1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4/images/f0f445f9-073e-4378-bc63-7479dba62fb7.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid #EAEAEA 1.5pt;background:white;padding:0in 0in 6.75pt 0in;background:cover;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;background-size: cover;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:50%" id="templateBody">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020">Friends,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020">I’m happy to share this news with you about the launch of
<a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3D2ea488e410%26e%3Dfbc1bcd7ab&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331487752&amp;sdata=CNGFvsivZYfAprJEU4TFqfItx21KvbY%2BcaosssCBJ8A%3D&amp;reserved=0">
<span style="color:#007C89">BlackWomensSuffrage.org</span></a>. This launch marks the beginning of an important new chapter in the history of DPLA and represents the type of work we are dedicated to doing more of in the future. As those of you who joined
<a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3D37d25b167d%26e%3Dfbc1bcd7ab&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331487752&amp;sdata=BmtKgDE3LA82tis3alGId0Xurdqzhvja%2BaRn7a0OGzg%3D&amp;reserved=0">
<span style="color:#007C89">our launch event on Tuesday</span></a>&nbsp;heard from our panelists, libraries will have a unique and important role in the building of a more inclusive and equitable future, and we look forward to playing our part in that effort.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020">I want to thank all of our partners in this project and in particular DPLA team members Audrey Altman, Kiara Contreras, Michael Della Bitta, Shaneé Murrain, Kat
 Williams, and Scott Williams for their work in launching the site.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020">Yours,&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020">John<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020">
<hr size="2" width="100%" align="center">
</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020">&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020">September 10, 2020 – Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is pleased to announce the launch of its new
<a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3D16aa88b767%26e%3Dfbc1bcd7ab&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331487752&amp;sdata=EoZLewY6KvIAXOuUt%2FjV6rwXkaHJHSjSiPCxUJ1Bin8%3D&amp;reserved=0">
<span style="color:#007C89">Black Women’s Suffrage Digital Collection</span></a>. The collection makes freely accessible nearly 200,000 artifacts, including images, videos, letters, diaries, speeches, maps, diaries, and oral histories, from DPLA’s more than
 4,000 partner institutions that document the contributions and experiences of Black women during the women’s suffrage movement as well as Black women’s activism from the 1850s to the 1960s. A highlight of the Black Women’s Suffrage Digital Collection is the
<a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3D81d781c341%26e%3Dfbc1bcd7ab&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331497707&amp;sdata=vjAPf4o942dxAg1KgxMQNABjkVGAzrXEtXmfTd%2F64hY%3D&amp;reserved=0">
<span style="color:#007C89">Ida B. Wells Barnett Papers</span></a> from the University of Chicago, a collection of correspondence, diaries, articles, speeches, newspaper clippings, and photographs from Wells Barnett’s storied life and work as an activist and
 suffragist. In the coming months an exhibit featuring items from the life of activist and suffragist Mary Church Terrell, courtesy of&nbsp; Oberlin College, and the Charlotta Bass Papers, documenting the life of the publisher, activist, and leader Charlotta Bass,
 courtesy of the Southern California Library, will be added to the collection. The new site also includes a timeline that reveals the breadth and depth of Black women’s activism over more than&nbsp;a century and short biographies that give context to materials related
 to both well- and lesser-known suffragists and activists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020">Key to the development of the Black Women’s Suffrage Digital Collection was
<a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3Dbab0b9ed85%26e%3Dfbc1bcd7ab&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331497707&amp;sdata=UooIHHgV0O74fTbCE%2BzfKvL5J9%2BuOvwOFjdCf6Tkf5M%3D&amp;reserved=0">
<span style="color:#007C89">a set of partnerships, announced in July 2020</span></a>, with the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library; Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston; Tuskegee University
 Archives; the Amistad Research Center at Tulane University; and Southern California Library. These collaborations, powered by funding from<a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3Dfe1aeed8e7%26e%3Dfbc1bcd7ab&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331507662&amp;sdata=ROER1n6JlhxWA3cVtweqP0%2FKKjbhqUgUby%2FO%2F2rjT7U%3D&amp;reserved=0"><span style="color:#007C89">
 Pivotal Ventures</span></a>, an investment and incubation company created by Melinda Gates, enabled these partner institutions to digitize artifacts related to Black Women’s Suffrage in their collections. These artifacts will include records from the Grace
 Towns Hamilton Papers, Atlanta Urban League Papers, and Neighborhood Union Collection at Robert W. Woodruff Library; records from the Phillis Wheatley Literary and Social Club Papers at Avery Research Center; the Tuskegee Women’s Club Journal at Tuskegee University
 Archives; records from the personal papers of Mississippi businesswoman, church leader, and civil rights activist Clarie Collins Harvey at Amistad Research Center; and records from the Charlotta Bass Papers at Southern California Library.
<a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3D8e59f7f775%26e%3Dfbc1bcd7ab&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331507662&amp;sdata=JKn5Pd8opWVQctD7MW6%2FzJ74nfdx8Xc3eyBORZXjoVw%3D&amp;reserved=0">
<span style="color:#007C89">Details about these partnerships and digitization efforts can be found here.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020">“We are thrilled to be able to connect scholars, students, and the public with this rich and diverse collection to help bring to life and contextualize the legacies
 of these inspiring Black women,” said DPLA Community Manager Shaneé Yvette Murrain. “The Black Women’s Suffrage Digital Collection is the culmination of nearly a year of work by our team and partners,” added DPLA Executive Director John S. Bracken, “We are
 especially proud to help elevate these important stories at this transitory time in American history.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020">The launch of the Black Women’s Suffrage Digital Collection was celebrated on September 8, 2020, with Race, Power, and Curation, the most attended virtual event
 in DPLA’s history. It featured a keynote by Dorothy Berry, the Digital Collections Program Manager at Houghton Library, Harvard University, on the importance of curating Black Collections and intentionally centering Black Stories. DPLA board member Elaine
 L. Westbrooks, Vice Provost of University Libraries and University Librarian at UNC-Chapel Hill, opened the session talking about the impact of curatorial choices, and Yusef Omowale of the Southern California Digital Library discussed his organization’s work
 with the Charlotta Bass papers. In addition, representatives from DPLA’s Metadata Working Group, Leanne Finnigan and Penelope Shumaker, described the creation of a
<a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3D917566654f%26e%3Dfbc1bcd7ab&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331517617&amp;sdata=TgP56wbi0I%2Bhi3dbNegiegbJN6MIrlWiaADw9d81vgY%3D&amp;reserved=0">
<span style="color:#007C89">Harmful Content Statement</span></a>, and DPLA Community Manager Shaneé Yvette Murrain, along with UI/UX designer Jasmine Lockwood, walked through the process of creating the collection.
<a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3D09e4b726e5%26e%3Dfbc1bcd7ab&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331517617&amp;sdata=LAvfCX%2FyMUvrgyHS7sNrSpo7z4LwBKRo7qZnKAZYy%2Fw%3D&amp;reserved=0">
<span style="color:#007C89">A recording of the event is available here</span></a>.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020">DPLA extends its thanks to all of our
<a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3Da73bbb5b58%26e%3Dfbc1bcd7ab&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331527577&amp;sdata=9mOS6DEiTFqHjNQ%2FyeB86L1Kx2PmiY8kycgLhk7e9PI%3D&amp;reserved=0">
<span style="color:#007C89">partners</span></a>, our staff members past and present, and all of those whose creativity, dedication, and hard work contributed to the creation of
<a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3Da1b4b0bde6%26e%3Dfbc1bcd7ab&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331527577&amp;sdata=VocBW9HVgE0n%2B6UpeGeCxpGqlFku38FihWvTFY%2BgdEA%3D&amp;reserved=0">
<span style="color:#007C89">BlackWomensSuffrage.org</span></a>. <a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3Dd6b1d035d2%26e%3Dfbc1bcd7ab&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331527577&amp;sdata=MpNWgEvZwXUs%2BWLWtwdhjeajtwUScgua862CRPjNArg%3D&amp;reserved=0">
<span style="color:#007C89">Please find a full list of credits here</span></a>.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020">The Black Women’s Suffrage Digital Collection is powered by Pivotal Ventures,&nbsp; an investment and incubation company created by Melinda Gates.</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#202020"><br>
&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="background:#FAFAFA;padding:6.75pt 0in 6.75pt 0in;background:cover;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;background-size: cover;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:50%" id="templateFooter">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<div align="center">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 7.5pt 6.75pt 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:3.75pt 7.5pt 3.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="0" style="width:0in;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="24" style="width:.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3D2642db0cc3%26e%3Dfbc1bcd7ab&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331537534&amp;sdata=49izUSTdXkMQLFXf7lY15iTEtqB%2FhlKDSysWBplxTLE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" style="width:.25in;height:.25in" id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-twitter-48.png" alt="Twitter"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 7.5pt 6.75pt 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:3.75pt 7.5pt 3.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="0" style="width:0in;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="24" style="width:.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3D8fc67bfd6d%26e%3Dfbc1bcd7ab&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331537534&amp;sdata=hueUtHO6iUm4JDnSfLJVC6jwGIqZOdzms%2BV%2B50%2FgaWQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" style="width:.25in;height:.25in" id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-facebook-48.png" alt="Facebook"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 6.75pt 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:3.75pt 7.5pt 3.75pt 6.75pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="0" style="width:0in;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="24" style="width:.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3D0dc678e896%26e%3Dfbc1bcd7ab&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331547487&amp;sdata=BEC6JVzKeCEJf7laSQF7cZvsmq8BslA4Kag%2FWcsjYro%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="24" height="24" style="width:.25in;height:.25in" id="_x0000_i1029" src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-link-48.png" alt="Website"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="padding:7.5pt 13.5pt 18.75pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="border:none;border-top:solid #EEEEEE 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="600" valign="top" style="width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;max-width:100%;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;word-break:break-word">
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#656565">Copyright © 2020 Digital Public Library of America, All rights reserved.</span></em><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#656565">
<br>
You are receiving this message because you are subscribed to the Digital Public Library of America mailing list.
<br>
<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif">Our mailing address is:</span></strong>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span class="org"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#656565">Digital Public Library of America</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#656565">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#656565">700 Boylston St<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#656565">Digital Public Library Of America C/O Boston Publi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span class="locality"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#656565">Boston</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#656565">,
<span class="region">MA</span> <span class="postal-code">02116-2813</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#656565"><br>
<a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Fvcard%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3D4c517f4bd0&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331547487&amp;sdata=OXjE3vPSvZ9SoU5s6%2BX8RwwNU9UxnZRKbGlHLvVNmug%3D&amp;reserved=0"><span style="color:#656565">Add
 us to your address book</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif;color:#656565"><br>
<br>
Want to change how you receive these emails?<br>
You can <a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Fprofile%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3D4c517f4bd0%26e%3Dfbc1bcd7ab&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331557444&amp;sdata=TKXoUZTQY3kXvrKbvg4Ov2LOOGdyiEysbDGhnzb88Hg%3D&amp;reserved=0">
<span style="color:#656565">update your preferences</span></a> or <a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdp.us4.list-manage.com%2Funsubscribe%3Fu%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26id%3D4c517f4bd0%26e%3Dfbc1bcd7ab%26c%3D3d0f6fd63a&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331557444&amp;sdata=oaAX09fK4Qr7GyqA9K2CGOB1IXBSt%2BF8989x%2Bv5PqGI%3D&amp;reserved=0">
<span style="color:#656565">unsubscribe from this list</span></a>. <br>
<br>
<a href="https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mailchimp.com%2Femail-referral%2F%3Futm_source%3Dfreemium_newsletter%26utm_medium%3Demail%26utm_campaign%3Dreferral_marketing%26aid%3De1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4%26afl%3D1&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cjjohnson%40library.ohio.gov%7C8a646ee54e4a46554e4608d855a8b2fb%7C50f8fcc494d84f0784eb36ed57c7c8a2%7C0%7C0%7C637353530331557444&amp;sdata=gr5mvXUxVesw4l20JQj0ZhhhnSPxYcUSrLOD65nmHVg%3D&amp;reserved=0"><span style="color:#656565;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="139" height="54" style="width:1.45in;height:.5666in" id="_x0000_i1030" src="https://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/monkey_rewards/MC_MonkeyReward_15.png" alt="Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><img border="0" width="1" height="1" style="width:.0083in;height:.0083in" id="_x0000_i1031" src="https://dp.us4.list-manage.com/track/open.php?u=e1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4&amp;id=3d0f6fd63a&amp;e=fbc1bcd7ab"><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<b><span style="color:red">CAUTION:</span></b><span style="color:red"> This is an external email and may not be safe. If the email looks suspicious, please do not click links or open attachments and forward the email to
<a href="mailto:csc@ohio.gov">csc@ohio.gov </a>or click the Phish Alert Button if available.
<br>
<br>
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>