The Monroe County History Center will be commemorating the centennial of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution granting women the right to vote with a year-long exhibition in the … Continue reading "VOTES FOR WOMEN: The Women’s Suffrage Movement in Monroe County"
Securing the Vote: Women’s Suffrage in Indiana is a new traveling exhibit from the Indiana Historical Society. From the first Indiana Woman’s Rights Convention held in Dublin, Indiana in 1851 … Continue reading "Securing the Vote: Women’s Suffrage in Indiana Traveling Exhibit"
Please join us for a 60 min. specialty tour throughout the Indiana Statehouse, and discover women who led the way in women’s rights, politics, public service, and the arts. Registration … Continue reading "Women at the Statehouse Tour"
During Women’s History Month, the library is collaborating with the Michigan City Women’s Commission and the League of Women Voters to celebrate the Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial with a special speaker. Janine Giordano Drake is Clinical Assistant Professor of History at Indiana University. Janine’ will illuminate the resiliency of the suffrage movement and its tensions … Continue reading "Hoosier Suffragists: The Other Feminists"
The League of Women Voters Montgomery County and Crawfordsville District Public Library present “Votes for Women! 4th Mondays Events.” This book club will explore the history and future of our … Continue reading "“Well-Read Citizen” Book Discussions"
Join singer, pianist and composer Adrienne Provenzano for this entertaining and educational story of the campaign for women's suffrage, complete with a few Ragtime numbers performed on the Steinway! Learn the role … Continue reading "Luminaries: Songs of Suffrage: Votes for Women!"
This program is part of a "History of the Woman’s Suffrage Movement in Indiana: a Hamilton County Speaker Series" which has four speakers on the Woman’s Suffrage Movement in Indiana with a different speaker and topic at the public libraries in Westfield, Noblesville, Carmel, and Fishers in Hamilton County. All speakers are from the Indiana … Continue reading "Have We Come A Long Way, Baby? featuring Laura Merrifield Wilson"
A panel discussion with female candidates in the Fort Wayne Area who will talk about their experiences in running for office as well as an opportunity to view documents pertaining to the passage of the 19th Amendment.
Grades K – 5: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. Grades 6 – 12: 2 - 5 p.m. Interested in incorporating curriculum for your classroom that highlight’s Indiana’s suffrage history? Attend … Continue reading "Indiana Women’s Suffrage Centennial Educator Workshop"
Indiana’s history is full of renegade ladies who were bold, gutsy, and fascinating. We’re back again to raise a glass to a new crop of revolutionary ladies whose political prowess … Continue reading "Women Behaving Badly: Political Prowess"
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