Greenwich Historical Society to Host Lecture on How Area Suffragists Helped Build Cause into a National Movement

Dr. Heather Prescott, professor of history at Central Connecticut State University, will explore the critical activism from our area and the greater New England region that helped propel the women’s suffrage movement into a national cause, in a History from Home Zoom lecture on Sunday, May 3, 2pm - 3pm titled:  “More than Seneca Falls: The Suffrage Movement in New England”

Many histories use the 1848 convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y., as a starting point for the suffrage movement but neglect to mention the all-important role of activism here in New England and other regions of the country.  Dr. Prescott will show how area women and men mobilized for women’s rights from the 1840s onward, building enormous momentum for the struggle which empowered women in their fight for political and economic equality, and ultimately resulted in the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment granting them the right to vote.

The lecture is designed to provide greater perspective on the woman’s suffrage movement in conjunction with the Historical Society’s exhibition: An Unfinished Revolution: The Women’s Suffrage Centennial, on display through September 6, 2020

For more information and to register for the free May 3rd lecture from 2pm - 3pm click here

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Submitted by Cos Cob, CT

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