You probably know the names Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, but what exactly did they do? You might not know the names Lydia Sigourney, Lydia Maria Child, Margaret Fuller, Sarah Josepha Hale, Catharine Beecher, Elizabeth Miller Smith, Amelia Bloomer, Sarah and Angelina Grimke, Elizabeth Blackwell, Sojourner Truth, Matilda Goslyn Gage, Lucy Stone, Carrie Chapman Catt, Annie Oakley, Nellie Bly, Frances Willard, Mary Church Terrell, Anna Howard Shaw, Ida B. Wells, and Alice Paul – but you should. In this new program, Jefferson Educational Society Scholar-in Residence Andrew Roth examines the life and times of those 19th century women who fought for women's rights by appealing to America's foundational values. In doing so, they changed the world. $10/person or $15 with a guest
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