Signature Event Strictly Speaking: Equal Rights Should Have No Deadline Saturday, August 29, 2020 10:00am How close are we to ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment? The question hangs anew over Congress. And the courts. Erica Bens... Read More
Signature Event Free Thinker: Sex, Suffrage, and the Extraordinary Life of Helen Hamilton Gardener Thursday, August 27, 2020 6:30pm At 23, while serving as the youngest school principal in the state, Alice Chenoweth was excoriated in Ohio’s newspapers in 1876 for having an affai... Read More
Signature Event Qualified Rights: Women’s Suffrage, Citizenship, and the 19th Amendment Reconsidered Tuesday, August 18, 2020 6:30pm One hundred years ago this month, women won their fight for the right to vote – though not all of them. Black women, who had pleaded as passionatel... Read More
Signature Event Twain and the Idea of the Great American Novel Sunday, March 8, 2009 4:00pm Waldo Branch Recommended reading: Books by Mark Twain... Read More
Signature Event Intersecting Genius: Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla Monday, February 23, 2009 6:30pm Plaza Branch The Twain and His Times event scheduled for this evening—Intersecting Genius: Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla—has been c... Read More
Signature Event The Inner Side of Laughter: The Humor of Mark Twain Tuesday, February 17, 2009 6:30pm Central Library Related Events: A Not So Innoce... Read More
Signature Event A Not So Innocent Abroad: The Travels of Mark Twain Monday, February 9, 2009 6:30pm Central Library Related Events: The Inner Side of La... Read More