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MS Jernigan, MS Ochoa and MS Payette with National Women’s Party banner, STS-96 Space Shuttle Discovery, 1999. NARA ID 23209923.

#OTD 1993: Ellen Ochoa is 1st Hispanic Woman in Space!

The three astronauts hold in space an original gold, white and purple suffrage banner from the National Woman’s Party, borrowed from the Sewall-Belmont House in DC. Ochoa used it in a PSA from space!

Last chance to see THAT BANNER in our related exhibit in DC - Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Votecloses this Sunday, April 10. Can’t make it? Check it out online! See related press release.

Archives Curator Corinne Porter, U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero view original 19th Amendment. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for the National Archives).