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Thursday, March 24, 2022 - 7:00pm
Photo: Colored Women’s Liberty Loan Committee, October 21, 1917, RG012, State Archives, Connecticut State Library | From left to right, Elizabeth R. Morris, Mary A. Johnson, and Rosa J. Fisher
The League invites you to join us for this special presentation to celebrate women's ongoing contributions to our democracy.
While we must acknowledge our progress towards fuller inclusion in all aspects of public life, we still have a long way to go. Women’s lagging wages for equal work, the bogged down Equal Rights Amendment, and the prohibitive cost and lack of availability of childcare are just a few of the entrenched obstacles in the way of gender equity.
Rather than dwelling on the present inertia, why not step back and be inspired by stories of the brave women who helped secure the right to vote in Connecticut?
We will be hearing from the fellowship grant recipients regarding their research on women of color in the Connecticut women’s suffrage movement around the passage of the 19th amendment, to gain a fuller understanding of all the women who fought for the right to vote in our state.
About the presenters:
Kathryn Angelica is a PhD student in History at the University of Connecticut. She has a M.A. from University of Chicago and a B.A. from Boston University. Ms. Angelica’s research will take an intersectional approach to the research of Black women’s organization and activism in Connecticut. This work on Black suffragists in Connecticut will serve as an important step in reshaping the genealogies of suffrage history to include the influences of abolitionism, labor reform, and community activism.
Brittney Yancy is an Assistant Professor of Humanities at Goodwin University. She is completing her doctorate from the University of Connecticut in 20th century U.S. History. Her Fellowship will continue the research she did for The Work Must Be Done Digital Archives project that is on the Connecticut Historical Society website. This Fellowship will result in the public dissemination of new research and tell a more complete history about women of color suffragists, anti-suffragists, and activists.
