North Country Underground Railroad Historical Association President Jacqueline Madison explores the extraordinary determination of Black women who fought simultaneously against racial discrimination and gender inequality to secure the right to vote.
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Frank Leslie Buys Women’s Votes
Carrie Chapman Catt said that the passage of New York State’s Women’s Suffrage Amendment in 1917 was the “Gettysburg of the Women’s Suffrage movement.” Yet just two years earlier, New York State had voted the same measure down. What changed in two short years? One of the major differences was money. Where did the money come from?
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Women and Political Power
New York State Museum 222 Madison Avenue, Albany
$25
Join us for an evening conversation on women in the New York State Legislature (1919–1992). Featuring Carol Faulkner and Lauren Kozakiewiz. Registration required by March 16.