2020 marks the centennial of the 19th Amendment which enfranchised American women. By studying the portraits of 40 Merced women from the Victorian era to 1920, the exhibit aims to look beyond the appearance of these individuals to learn the stories of their daily struggles. As the driving force behind domestic and social change, they not only showed that “behind every successful man, there is a strong woman” but also underscored their desire for greater gender, social, and political equality. The exhibit will run through June 14, 2020.