Delaware’s 22nd annual Chautauqua: “Women’s Work: Campaigning for Social Change”

Delaware’s 22nd annual Chautauqua: “Women’s Work: Campaigning for Social Change”

Women's Work: Campaigning for Social Change
Saturday, September 19, 2020 - 1:00pm to Sunday, September 20, 2020 - 4:45pm

All activities to be presented free via Zoom; registration required.

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment which granted women the right to vote, Delaware’s 22nd annual Chautauqua—“Women’s Work: Campaigning for Social Change”—will be presented virtually from the New Castle Court House Museum on Sept. 19 and 20, 2020. Register for each event separately on the links below.

Women’s Work: Campaigning for Social Change: Schedule of Events New Castle Court House Museum Facebook livestream and Zoom

Saturday, September 19, 2020 Schedule

Daughters of Freedom
Saturday, September 19th 1:00 p.m.

A New Castle women’s vocal ensemble performing songs of suffrage and prohibition. The ensemble is directed by Kathleen Shannon, Professor of Choral Music, Temple University and Chorus Master, York Symphony Chorus. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_URS1jGzVR7-X0aBicCF3qw

Pass the Rum: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition in Delaware
Saturday, September 19th 2:15 p.m.
Delaware Humanities speaker, historian and writer, Mike Dixon, will present a lively picture of Delaware during the prohibition period and relate stories of rum runners and bathtub gin, organized crime vs outgunned lawmen, and women creating change with the Temperance Movement.
 
Celebrating 100 Years: Revisiting the Women’s Suffrage Movement with 2020 Hindsight
Saturday, September 19th 3:30 p.m.
Through Lora Englehart’s program you will meet some of the determined women, both on the national level and in Delaware who lobbied for and those against women’s right to vote.

 

Delaware League of Women Voters (LWVNCC)
Saturday, September 19th 4:45 p.m. 
This nonpartisan political organization encourages informed and active participation in government to give a voice to all American through education, advocacy and empowering voters.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VYiOJC_qTsyrKz3FIoB38g

 

American Historical Theatre
Saturday, September 19th 6:00 p.m.
Accomplished actor, historian and singer, Pat Jordan, portrays the National Women’s Suffrage Association leader and founder of the League of Women Voters organization, Carrie Chapman Catt.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_-tZSo2gDR1WpmCewrr9aCQ

 

Sunday, September 20, 2020 Schedule

Daughters of Freedom
Sunday, September 20th 1:00 p.m.
A New Castle women’s vocal ensemble performing songs of suffrage and prohibition. The ensemble is directed by Kathleen Shannon, Professor of Choral Music, Temple University and Chorus Master, York Symphony Chorus.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_udv-QbheRU-aZI4rXvL-Zw

Daughters of the American Revolution
Sunday, September 20th 2:15 p.m.
A presentation explaining DAR, what they do, and how they supported the women’s suffrage movement by DAR member, Cynthia Pritchard. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_U6JBrvSBQcuMHx2yAUcdgg

Battling for the Ballot: Suffrage in Delaware
Sunday, September 20th 3:30 p.m.
Delaware Humanities speaker, historian and writer, Mike Dixon, will present a history of the expansion of suffrage while laying out arguments that were made by both sides of the right to vote debate.
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DIwTHS75QXWTQY_g_Xy5pQ

Women’s Suffrage in New Castle
Sunday, September 20th 4:45 p.m.
Historian, writer and Director of the New Castle Historical Society, Michael Connolly, will present a picture of the battle for the vote between two opposing sides in the City and the women involved. https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wPTCqUL6SSqxvtplMa6U_g