Project 19 co-founders, Robin Ford and Lisa Copeland, established the Project 19 Foundation to ensure that every woman has the opportunity and skills to advance into leadership roles throughout the public, private and non-profit sectors.

Through public awareness initiatives and by funding education scholarship programs through the Project 19 University, the Project 19 Foundation is able inspire a new generation of women to lead, and the same time empower them with the skills and education they need to be an effective leader.

The Foundation is supported by corporate sponsorship, individual donations and alumnae support from Project 19 course graduates.

Timeline of Suffrage

When we started Project 19 we spent hours reviewing the history of the women’s movement. In fact, we named our organization after the 19th Amendment. We offer this sample of suffrage leaders and supporters to give you insight into where women started, how far we have come and hopefully you will feel the same inspiration we felt that catapulted us into ACTION. 

Our FAVORITE story is about a “Mom” that made her son change his vote…READ THIS!

As the amendment approached the necessary ratification by three-quarters of the states, the threat of rescission surfaced. Finally the battle narrowed down to a six-week seesaw struggle in Tennessee. The fate of the 19th Amendment was decided by a single vote, that of 24-year-old legislator Harry Burn, who switched from “no” to “yes” in response to a letter from his mother saying, “Hurrah, and vote for suffrage!” The Secretary of State in Washington, DC issued the 19th Amendment’s proclamation immediately, before breakfast on August 26, 1920, in order to head off any final obstructionism.

Timeline of the women’s rights movement

Top 75 women suffrage leaders

PBS Documentary

This is an amazing PBS documentary by Ken Burns and Paul Barnes tells the story of how it all started.