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Collage of photos of Black women circa 1910s and 1920s

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Our Rights Too!

Overlooked Women of Color in the Fight for Women's Rights

2023-06-22 18:30:00 2023-06-22 20:00:00 America/New_York Our Rights Too! Overlooked No More! Online - Zoom Room 2

Thursday, June 22
6:30pm - 8:00pm

Online

Zoom Room 2

Overlooked No More!

Carol Simon Levin, storyteller and author of "Remembering The Ladies: From Patriots in Petticoats to Presidential Candidates," tells the story of the long fight for women’s rights emphasizing the overlooked role played by women of color. She shares the stories of Phillis Wheatley, the enslaved woman who wrote a poem in honor of George Washington, noted abolitionists and women’s rights speakers Maria W. Stewart, Sojourner Truth and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, organizers and suffrage activists Ida Bell Wells-Barnett and Mary Church Terrill, Native American activists Zitkala-Ša and Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin, migrant rights advocate Dolores Huerta and many more women of all colors and creeds who fought for women’s rights and women’s lives.

A Q & A session will follow this presentation. 

Register to receive the link to the Zoom meeting.

AGE GROUP: | Teen | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Life Skills |

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virtualservices@stmalib.org
Phone: 301-475-2846

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Mon, Sep 28 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Sep 29 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Sep 30 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Oct 01 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Oct 02 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Oct 03 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Oct 04 Closed

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