Signature Event Strictly Speaking: Equal Rights Should Have No Deadline Saturday, August 29, 2020 10:00am Online 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 Online 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 Walter Schroeder: The WPA Guide to Missouri Wednesday, September 16, 2009 8:30pm Plaza Branch In Person Walter Schroeder leads an examination of The WPA Guide to Missouri on Wednesday, September 16,... Read More
Signature Event Norman Yetman: Voices from Slavery Thursday, September 3, 2009 8:30pm Central Library In Person Among its most noteworthy achievements, the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) conducted more than 2,000 interviews with former slaves in 17 states f... Read More
Signature Event Jerrold Hirsch: Portrait of America Wednesday, September 2, 2009 8:30pm Central Library Related events: Soul of a People: Writing America's Story... Read More