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Haverford Township Free Library and Haverford Township Historical Society present:
Suffrage at 100: Women and American
Politics Since 1920
Penn State Brandywine professor Dr. Julie Gallagher will give a historical perspective of
the suffrage movement and bring the story to the present, identify some key turning
points and individuals, and then offer reflections on why it is so important to have women
in elected office.
This talk is free and open to the public
Wednesday, March 4
7 pm
Haverford Township Free Library
Julie Gallagher is an Associate Professor of History and American Studies at Penn State University,
Brandywine where she has taught a variety of U.S. history courses over the past thirteen years.
She is the author of Black Women and Politics in New York City, which documented the political
activism of three generations of African American women as they pursued ways to bring about
positive changes in the state and national political landscapes through their formal political
activism. She also co-edited Reshaping Women’s History: Voices of Nontraditional Women
Historians with Barbara Winslow. Her current book project, “Frontline Battles for Justice in an Age
of Universal Human Rights: A Comparative Gender History,” is based on recent research trips to
Liberia, West Africa and Northern Ireland. The book will examine how members of civil society who
engage in activism in periods of political upheaval, tap into the resources of international bodies,
especially the United Nations, to challenge oppressive practices within their homelands.
Register at: https://www.facebook.com/events/269784967331275/

 

 



 

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