A presentation by League of Women Voters member Ann Luther about how long it took for women to get the vote, the roots of the suffrage movement in the struggle for racial justice (abolition), the difficult choices made between rights for women and rights for blacks in the post-Civil War era, the tactical disagreements within the movement, the voters left behind at the end, and the ways the promise of equality is even now unfulfilled, and what we can do about it.
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Earlier Event: September 27
We Demand: The First Ever Cross-Country Road Trip for a Cause
Later Event: October 2
A Talk By NEH Chairman Jon Parrish Peede