MARTHA S. JONES with CHARLOTTE GOLAR RICHIE ON BLACK WOMEN BREAKING VOTING BARRIERS PRESENTED BY GBH FORUM NETWORK AND SUFFRAGE100MA In celebration of Women’s History Month, on March 30, 2022, Suffrage100MA and GBH Forum Network presented acclaimed historian and writer Martha S. Jones, who will discuss her book, Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and […]
Forums and Presentations
A conversation with Ida B. Wells’ great-granddaughter Michelle Duster
Thank you to those who were able to join us on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at 5 p.m. for this live Zoom event with author and public historian Michelle Duster to discuss her recent book, Ida B. the Queen, about her great-grandmother, Ida B. Wells. Many thanks to our participants: Michelle Duster, Ida B. Wells’ great-granddaughter, […]
Lucy Stone: Voice of the Early Woman Suffrage Movement
LUCY STONE: VOICE OF THE EARLY WOMAN SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT April 15, 2021 7:00 – 8:00 pm on Zoom Watch a recording of the webinar. Join Lucy Stone biographer Joelle Million, author of Woman’s Voice, Woman’s Place: Lucy Stone and the Birth of the Woman’s Rights Movement to learn what motivated Massachusetts native Lucy Stone to become […]
The Equal Rights Amendment, Why Now?
Prof. Cynthia Enloe, Sunday, April 28, 4pm, Needham Library
The Woman Behind the New Deal
The WSCC joined partner organizations for a presentation by Kirstin Downey author of “The Woman Behind the New Deal.” Ms. Downey discussed Frances Perkins, FDR’s Secretary of Labor. April 8, 2018.
Women’s Leadership Forum
Paving the Way for Tomorrow’s Leaders
A panel discussion with women in positions of leadership inspired tomorrow’s leaders.
Thursday, October 26, 2017, 5:30 – 7:45 pm, Worcester Historical Museum
A Woman’s Place Is at the Top
WSCC and the League of Women Voters of Needham hosted author Hannah Kimberley to speak about mountaineer and suffragist Anne Smith Peck, the subject of her recent book “A Woman’s Place Is at the Top.” October 5, 2017.
March 2021