Renowned soprano Christine Brewer and The 442s headlined the June 24 concert at the Sheldon Concert Hall. The St. Louis Women's Chorale directed by Leanne Latuda performed piecdes from Andrea Ramsey's Suffrage Contata.
Click here for video of Angel Love reading Sojourner Truth’s famous Ain’t I a Womanspeech to music composed by concert organizer Paul Reuter. She also performed with tenor Duane Foster.
With three members of the St. Louis Symphony and three jazz musicians, the 442's performed three pieces by leader Adam Maness.
The concert was a fundraiser for the League that was organized in November 1919 in what's now the Sheldon's Green Room. LWVSTL Co-President Joan Hubbard welcomed the crowd.