Age Group:
Adults- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will close on March 29, 2026 @ 2:00pm.
Program Description
Description
“Votes for Women”: Suffrage Since 1776, with Sacred Heart University Professors Jennifer McLaughlin and Dr. Kelly Marino
American women took to the streets during the Revolutionary War, protesting British taxation policies and boycotting British goods. Their fight for political rights continued after independence. Recognizing that women had long campaigned for equal citizenship and suffrage, Professor McLaughlin and Dr. Marino highlight key events and figures in the struggle for the vote from 1776 through the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. After the Civil War, the movement for women’s rights became more formalized and complex, drawing in women from multiple backgrounds, yet even after 1920, full political equality remained out of reach.
This free, in-person program is co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Ridgefield and the Ridgefield Library. Light refreshments will be served.
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