This program is over. Hope you didn't miss it! Browse other programs we offer She Persisted, and Resisted: Four Centuries of Women in America Session 2 of 4-Session Evening Lecture Series Wednesday, May 9, 2018 - 6:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. ET Code: 1B0250 Location: S. Dillon Ripley Center1100 Jefferson Dr SWMetro: Smithsonian (Mall exit) Select your Registration $25 Member $35 Non-Member Save when you purchase this program as a part of one of these series! 4 Program Series: She Persisted, and Resisted: Four Centuries of Women in America 4-Session Evening Lecture Series View series details Resize text Historian Elisabeth Griffith, a biographer of suffrage pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton, leads a fast-paced series that examines the history of women in America from the colonial period through second-wave feminism. Each session covers approximately a century of American history, tracing the advances, setbacks, accomplishments, and complications of the nation’s diverse women. LECTURE TOPIC Republican Mothers (1776–1850) How have we defined appropriate roles for women? And for which women— "ladies," mill girls, slaves, or frontierswomen? If you are interested in other sessions or viewing the full lecture series, click here. Smithsonian Connections For a few decades after the 1776 adoption of New Jersey’s state constitution, women and black people could vote. Smithsonian.com reports on that short-lived enfranchisement, and how these rights were revoked.
