In celebration of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in New York, the Tompkins County Public Library will host, “The Local Struggle for Equality,” a presentation by County Historian Carol Kammen, Tuesday, October 10 at 6 p.m. in the BorgWarner Community Room.
While
much information has been shared about the historic state and national
struggles for equal voting rights, Kammen’s Library talk will provide insight
into the often-overlooked role local women played during the suffrage movement by
offering a timeline of activity and highlighting the local men and women who
fought tirelessly to secure the right to vote for women.
Kammen was the 2005-06 Public Historian of the Year, appointed
by the New York State Board of Regents. She has lectured and written
extensively on New York history, including articles for the New York State
Historical Association's Heritage magazine and History News, the journal of the
American Association for State and Local History. For 30 years she has written
a weekly newspaper column on local history in The Ithaca Journal.
This
program is free and open to the public and is being held in conjunction with
the current Women’s Suffrage Series being presented by the Library and The
History Center in Tompkins County. For more information, contact Carrie
Wheeler-Carmenatty at cwheeler@tcpl.org or (607) 275-1548.
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