Christine Heller Women Vote!

Christine Heller’s limited edition portfolio Women Vote! celebrates suffragists who fought for 70 years to secure the vote for women. The project pairs lithographic images of fifteen suffragists with brief biographical texts printed in letterpress. Heller’s choice of subjects exemplifies the diversity that existed among thousands of women who worked together, tirelessly, for seven decades ––crossing boundaries of race, class, and education—to secure the vote for women. Of the fifteen extraordinary leaders whom she depicts, including the heroic Harriet Tubman, three are women of color. 

Heller worked with the same palette that the suffragists chose to symbolize their movement: gold, which represented the guiding light of their cause, and purple, which signified an unshakable dedication to their mission.

The portfolio was printed on Arches cover and includes lithographs produced by master printer Tim Sheesley from the artist’s original drawings. All text pages were printed by Maureen Cummins. The portfolio is housed in a shantung-covered clamshell box with gold-stamped titling, designed and crafted by Mark Tomlinson.

Women Vote! was printed in 2018 in an edition of ten numbered copies. The portfolio contains 36 pages, measures 12" x 16."

Nine of the edition of ten portfolios have been purchased by:

Smith College, Mortimer Rare Book Collection, The New York Public Library’s Print Collection, 

Princeton University’s Graphic Arts Collection, Carlton College's Artist Book Collection

And Special Collections at: Johns Hopkins University, Vassar College, George Mason University,

The University of Delaware, Denison University