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Jessica Ellison is a teacher educator at the Minnesota Historical Society, where she creates professional development and curriculum materials for K-12 social studies teachers.
Jessica is Past-President of the Minnesota Council for Social Studies, serves on the board of the National Social Studies Supervisors Association, and serves on her local school board.
Woman Suffrage Goes Digital
In 2020, US historical institutions marked the centennial of passage of the woman suffrage amendment. With our museum closed to the public, we moved our VOTES FOR WOMEN exhibit content online. In the end, we learned valuable lessons about our patrons, our process, and the potential of web-based programs to satisfy our existing audiences and to attract new ones.