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X-WR-CALNAME:Conversation with Anne Boylan: Votes for Delaware Women
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SUMMARY:Conversation with Anne Boylan: Votes for Delaware Women
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DESCRIPTION:The Lewes Public Library\, the League of Women Voters of Delawa
 re\,\nLeague of Women Voters of Sussex County\, Delaware\, and Delaware\nH
 umanities are co-sponsoring a conversation with author Anne Boylan on\nher
  book Votes for Delaware Women\, the first book-length study of the\nwoman
  suffrage struggle in Delaware\, placing it within the rich\nhistorical sc
 holarship on the national story. Joining her in\nconversation will be Dr. 
 Marlene A. Saunders. A riveting storyteller\,\nDr. Boylan introduces us to
  the courageous Delawareans working at the\nstate and national level to wi
 n the franchise. Starting in the\n1890’s\, white and African-American wo
 men organized and advocated for\n“votes for women” at the state and na
 tional levels\, culminating in\na dramatic struggle in Dover in the spring
  of 1920 over the 19th\nAmendment to the U.S. Constitution. Dr. Anne Boyla
 n is Professor\nEmerita of History and Women and Gender Studies at the Uni
 versity of\nDelaware. A social historian of the United States\, her resear
 ch and\nwriting encompass women’s history\, social and cultural history\
 ,\nvoluntary associations\, religion\, and historical memory. She has been
 \nthe recipient of fellowships and grants from the National Endowment\nfor
  the Humanities\, the Radcliffe Institute\, the American Historical\nAssoc
 iation\, the Hagley Museum and Library\, and the University of\nDelaware. 
 She has been inducted into the Society of American\nHistorians and recentl
 y served as a Consulting Historian for the\nCongressional Women’s Suffra
 ge Centennial Commission.   NOTE: this\nsession is available to attend i
 n-person or through Zoom. You MUST\nREGISTER and indicate which you prefer
 . Venue: Lewes Public Library.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Lewes Public Library\, the League of Women
  Voters of Delaware\, League of Women Voters of Sussex County\, Delaware\,
  and Delaware Humanities are co-sponsoring a conversation with author Anne
  Boylan on her book Votes for Delaware Women\, the first book-length study
  of the woman suffrage struggle in Delaware\, placing it within the rich h
 istorical scholarship on the national story. Joining her in conversation w
 ill be Dr. Marlene A. Saunders. A riveting storyteller\, Dr. Boylan introd
 uces us to the courageous Delawareans working at the state and national le
 vel to win the franchise. Starting in the 1890’s\, white and African-Ame
 rican women organized and advocated for “votes for women” at the state
  and national levels\, culminating in a dramatic struggle in Dover in the 
 spring of 1920 over the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Dr. Anne 
 Boylan is Professor Emerita of History and Women and Gender Studies at the
  University of Delaware. A social historian of the United States\, her res
 earch and writing encompass women’s history\, social and cultural histor
 y\, voluntary associations\, religion\, and historical memory. She has bee
 n the recipient of fellowships and grants from the National Endowment for 
 the Humanities\, the Radcliffe Institute\, the American Historical Associa
 tion\, the Hagley Museum and Library\, and the University of Delaware. She
  has been inducted into the Society of American Historians and recently se
 rved as a Consulting Historian for the Congressional Women’s Suffrage Ce
 ntennial Commission.   NOTE: this session is available to attend in-pers
 on or through Zoom. You MUST REGISTER and indicate which you prefer. Venue
 : Lewes Public Library.
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