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On October 15, 1872, Virginia Minor attempted to register to vote in St. Louis. When election registrar Reese Happersett turned her down, Virginia (represented by her husband, Francis) filed suit in the Missouri state courts. The trial court, Missouri Supreme Court, and United States Supreme Court all ruled in favor of the state of Missouri.[3] The Supreme Court unanimously held "that the Constitution of the United States does not confer the right of suffrage upon any one", and that the decision of who should be entitled to vote was left to the legislative branch.

I have been an Interpretive Volunteer in Parks since March 2018 with 2,000 service hours logged. From March 1 through May 8 2020 I served as the Artist in Residence at Stones River National Battlefield. On May 2019 I was offered the ongoing Artist in Residence position at Gateway Arch National Park. I was the Artist in Residence for Horseshoe Bend National Military Park in Alabama from March 10 through May 10 2019. From June through August of 2018 I was a Resident Volunteer at El Morro National Monument in New Mexico. The position was part Artist in Residence and part Interpretive volunteer working with the Interpretive staff on the trails and in the visitor center. I produced drawings at the site and on the trails and conducted informal...