Two, short documentaries will be shown as a prelude to the next Voices: A Library Lecture Series program that will focus on suffragette Inez Milholland, a leader in the struggle to gain voting rights for women.
The films:
Votes for Women (20 minutes)
The passage of the 19th Amendment was a 72-year struggle that began in Seneca Falls, NY, in 1848, and ended on Aug. 26, 1920, when Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the Constitutional amendment granting women the right to vote.
The short documentary, “Votes for Women,” celebrates the suffrage campaign, its ultimate victory, and the paths that contemporary women are taking in politics (Ishtar Films).
Inez Milholland: Forward into Light (15 minutes)
This short documentary is a window into the women’s suffrage movement seen through the work of Inez Milholland, a suffragette who will inspire woman today
as much as she did 100 years ago. Milholland helped lead the fight for the 19th Amendment and also advocated for gender equality, pacifism, racial justice and workers’ rights.
Both films will be shown Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 11 a.m. and Thursday, Feb. 9 at 1 p.m. All showings will be in the Marvin Library Multipurpose Room (second floor).
The lecture:
Inez Milholland and the New York Suffrage Movement
Tuesday, Feb. 14 from 1-1:50 p.m.
Bulmer Telecommunications Center Auditorium
Outspoken New York suffragist and labor lawyer Inez Milholland was a leader in the women’s movement in the early 20th century. Margaret Bartley, writer, history teacher and Essex County historian, discusses Milholland’s life and her work’s powerful impact on our state legislature to grant women the right to vote.
Click here to view a flyer about these events.
Published: Tue, 07 Feb 2017 13:27:14 +0000 by d.gardner