Professor Jaime Wagman explores the intersection of race and class as women in the Midwest fought for the right to vote. You'll need an email address to attend.
“White feminism,” a phrase at times misused in the media, suggests that feminists of the
past were all invested in white supremacy. While early U.S. feminism was indeed at
times a “segregated sisterhood,” intersections of race and class exist in the historical
narrative about Indiana suffragists and Midwestern feminists. Using correspondence,
yearbooks, bulletins and other archival sources from the Indiana League of Women
Voters and the Women’s Franchise League of Indiana, Jamie discusses how women
worked for gender equality and how race and class affected women’s actions and
rights. Jamie Wagman is an Associate Professor and Chair of History and Gender and
Women’s Studies at Saint Mary’s College.
This program is presented thanks to a grant from the Indiana Women's Suffrage Centennial.
Those registering to attend this event must be able to run Zoom from a computer or mobile device. Space is limited, and in order to accommodate as many as possible to this event, we ask that you restrict registration to one device per household.
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AGE GROUP: | Teens (12-18) | School Age (6-11) | Family (0-99) | Adults (19-99) |
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