Waterford Public Library: Let's Talk About It: Women's Suffrage

Press release from the Waterford Public Library:

April 20, 2022

LTAI: Women’s Suffrage is a humanities discussion project from the American Library Association (ALA) supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Waterford Public Library is pleased to have been awarded a grant to present this series facilitated by Lynne Rogers, Professor of English at UConn and Mariette Ogg, Ph.D., retired, U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Join us to take a deeper dive into the history of women's suffrage - you may discover it's not the story that you think you know!

Discussions are Wednesdays at 1:00 p.m.

April 27 - Vanguard: how black women broke barriers, won the vote, and insisted on equality for all by Martha S. Jones - registration link

May 11 - Ida B. the Queen: the extraordinary life and legacy of Ida B. Wells by Michelle Duster - registration link

May 25 - The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow - registration link

Please register for each session separately using the links above, or call the library for assistance. Choose to attend one or all sessions. Copies of each title are available for check-out for registered attendees at the Information Desk.

This press release was produced by the Waterford Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.