"Votes For Women" Suffrage Since 1776

  With Sacred Heart University Professors Jennifer McLaughlin and Dr. Kelly Marino

Event Date: Sunday, March 29, 2 pm
Event Location: Ridgefield Library

American women took to the streets during the Revolutionary War, protesting British taxation policies and boycotting British goods. Their fight for political rights continued after independence. Recognizing that women had long campaigned for equal citizenship and suffrage, Professor McLaughlin and Dr. Marino will highlight key events and figures in the struggle for the vote from 1776 through the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. After the Civil War, the movement for women’s rights became more formalized and complex, drawing in women from multiple backgrounds, yet even after 1920, full political equality remained out of reach.

Please register on the Library website at:   https://ridgefieldlibrary.librarymarket.com/event/hold-america-250-program-lwvr-124618

This free, in-person program is co-sponsored by the LWV of Ridgefield and the Ridgefield Library. Light refreshments will be served.