I used some paint to make an old tie dye shirt a totally empowering sash. I chose to have the word "vote" large across the sash because that is what this whole summer project is about for me: celebrating the right to vote. I am also excited that this is the first year I will be old enough to vote in a presidential election. I chose the colors of the rainbow as well as black, brown, and white because these are colors used in human rights movements of today and when I think about what I am voting for the first thing I think about is the people and our rights.

Things that I considered including on my sash were waves because I love the water and think that it is a great symbol for movement. I also considered adding a sunflower because they always seek out the light and are the state flower of Kansas. I made the choice not to include these symbols because I wanted to keep my sash simple like those of the suffrage movement. I look forward to utilizing that symbolism in the suffrage memorabilia activity though!