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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

Add to Calendar 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

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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. 

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AGE GROUP: | Teen | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Life Skills |

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

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Mon, Feb 09 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Feb 10 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Feb 11 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Feb 12 9:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Feb 13 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sat, Feb 14 9:00AM to 5:00PM
Sun, Feb 15 Closed

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