Jumping for the right to vote
Women’s skydiving team celebrates centennial of the 19th amendment
BY Alex Mitchell
Women across America
leaped for joy when
the 19th Amendment
was ratifi ed over a century
ago and even to this
day, some are still leaping
in celebration…from
4,500 feet.
Highlight Pro Skydiving
Team, an all-female
skydiving team made the
jump over the Bronx on
Wednesday morning to
celebrate the centennial
of women earning the
right to vote after a Manhattan
fl yby earlier on.
The team dove while
donning brightly colored
smoke and streamers
in suffragist colors
of purple, white and yellow
while airborne in
representation of loyalty,
purity and hope.
After a plunge over the
Hudson River, the skydivers
landed in Woodlawn
Cemetery, where women’s
suffrage icons Elizabeth
Cady Stanton and
Carrie Chapman Catt
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are buried along with
many others.
The jump was made
to be a special tribute
to those freedom
fi ghters, according to
Highlight Pro.
“We are using skydiving
to capture attention,
and we hope that attention
turns to the social
Photos & video courtesy of Highlight Pro Skydiving Team.
justice initiatives of today,
women’s rights, gender
equality and equality
at large. Use your voice
and your vote, that’s
what we want,” said Melanie
Curtis, professional
skydiver and co-founder
of the Highlight Pro Skydiving
Team.
Curtis and her team
also fl ew massive fl ags
displaying messages like
“equality can’t wait,”
“votes for women,” “shall
not be denied” along
with slogans.
“This is such a signifi -
cant moment in history
that, even with all the
challenges in our current
world, we wanted to
fi nd a way to safely and
boldly honor the women
who made it possible,”
she added.
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