When Marilyn Artus realized that the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment — which gave women the right to vote — was coming up in 2020, she knew she wanted “to do something big to celebrate.”
The Oklahoma artist decided to collaborate with others around the country in a project she called Her Flag. She asked a female artist from each of the 36 states that ratified the amendment to design a stripe, and is traveling to meet the women and add their work in their states’ capitals.
The only stipulations Artus gave was that the stripe should be red or pink, and that it should include a positive message.