The Complex History of Women's Suffrage

Past event
Oct 21, 7 PM to 7 PM, Oct 23, 2020

The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) of Burlington, in partnership with the Vermont Suffrage Centennial Alliance and the League of Women Voters of Vermont, is hosting three free, virtual presentations on Women's Suffrage with Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner. Dr. Wagner is a nationally recognized lecturer, author and story-teller of women's rights history. Vermont singer and historian Linda Radtke will open and close all three programs with suffrage songs.

All are welcome to attend the following programs, but seating is limited, and registration is encouraged.

October 21: 7 to 9 PM (hosted by St. Michael's College)
Women Voted Here Before Columbus
Registration: http://bit.ly/before-columbus

October 22: 2 to 3:30 PM (hosted by the Community College of Vermont)
Women's Suffrage: The Rest of the Story
Registration: http://bit.ly/rest-of-the-story

October 22: 5 to 6:30 PM (hosted by UVM's Center for Cultural Pluralism)
Power, Privilege, and the Vote
Link: https://bit.ly/35POSiO (A few minutes before the program click on "Location/Format" for Microsoft Team Meetings and then click on "watch on web instead.")

October 23: 4 to 5 PM (hosted by Middlebury College Feminist Resource Center at Chellis House)
A Woman Presidential Candidate - in 1872 and 1884
Registration: https://middlebury.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvfu2srT4pHNPrBui672nHLutLWRWVQxe

These programs are partially funded by WILPF US, VHC, Anne Slade Frey Charitable Trust, Vermont Federal Credit Union, Walter Cerf Fund of the VCF, Northfield Savings Bank, St. Michael's College, UVM, and CCV.

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