A panel discussion with the author Judy Hart includes Q&A. Afterward, meet Judy who will sign copies of her book, available for purchase in the WRNHP Visitor Center.
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NCWHS Women’s History Month Virtual Event with Dr. Camesha Scruggs
Dr. Camesha Scruggs will present “Ladies Learning Labor: Domestic Service Education in the Early 20th Century”
Dress Reform and Women’s Rights
Oneida Community Mansion House 170 Kenwood Avenue, Oneida, NY, United States
$10
Hybrid Lecture (in-person or via Zoom) – Ashley Hopkins-Benton, Senior Historian and Curator of Social History at the New York State Museum.
In the early 19th century, women’s rights reformers were interested in tackling a variety of issues that were holding women back, including the very clothes they wore! For many reformers, the movement soon coalesced around work toward the right to vote (seen as the best way to affect change in other areas), but that didn’t stop many from trying reform dress, or what became known as the Bloomer Costume.
Lunch & Learn: Too Good to Get Married
Join Bonnie Yochelson as she discusses her new book, “Too Good to Get Married: The Life and Photographs of Miss Alice Austen.”
Meet the Women of Revolutionary Westchester
Philipse Manor Hall 29 Warburton Avenue, Yonkers, NY, United StatesJoin us for this special outdoor living history family day. Interact with the women of revolutionary Westchester, from those doing ordinary tasks like spinning, weaving, and cooking, to camp followers caring for the troops with herbal medicines, to women who joined the military in disguise.
Opening Reception: Mary Church Terrell and the Traveling Griots Exhibition
The National Women's Hall of Fame 1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls, NY, United StatesHonoring the legacy of Hall of Fame inductee Mary Church Terrell, this exhibition brings to life the vision and valor of Terrell and her contemporaries—trailblazing African American women who shaped the course of American civil rights and women’s suffrage history.
Clinton County Women’s Equality Day
Kent-Delord House Museum 17 Cumberland Avenue, Plattsburgh, NY, United StatesThis event commemorates the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920 which ensured that no one was barred from voting due to their gender.
The Declaration’s Journey
Museum of the American Revolution 101 South Third Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesColine Jenkins invites you to tour the Declaration’s Journey exhibit to discover why the desk of Elizabeth Cady Stanton is at the Museum of the American Revolution.
Author Ellen Carol DuBois Discussion and Book Signing
Anthony Museum Carriage House 19 Madison Street, Rochester, NY, United StatesJoin us for a discussion with historian Ellen Carol DuBois about her latest book, a comprehensive, definitive biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton: A Revolutionary Life.
Another Declaration of Independence
Our curators discuss the Seneca Falls Convention and the Declaration of Sentiments with Dr. Judith Wellman, Professor Emerita from the State University of New York at Oswego and Director of Historical New York Research Associates.
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Women and Political Power
New York State Museum 222 Madison Avenue, Albany, NY, United States
$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.