Event – Alice Paul’s Birthday Party – Celebrating 100 years of women’s right to vote
WHAT: Alice Paul Birthday Party: Celebrating Alice Paul’s 135th birthday
WHEN: Saturday, January 11, 2019 from 2pm-4pm
WHERE: The Alice Paul Institute at Paulsdale, 128 Hooten Road, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
- LAUREL, NJ — The Alice Paul Institute kicks off the 2020 Centennial celebrations with a celebration of Alice Paul’s birthday on Saturday, January 11, 2019.
In honor of Alice Paul’s role in women winning the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, the Alice Paul Institute is hosting Dr. Lucia McMahon for a dynamic presentation entitled, “The Movement is a Sort of Mosaic”: A History of the Women’s Suffrage Movement.
“The Alice Paul Institute is honored to begin our 2020 Centennial celebrations with this presentation about the history of women’s activism in the suffrage movement,” said Lucienne Beard, Executive Director of the Alice Paul Institute. “We look forward to marking 100 years of women’s voting rights at this event, and throughout 2020.”
Reflecting on the women’s suffrage movement, Alice Paul remarked, “The movement is a sort of mosaic. Each of us puts in one little stone, and then you get a great mosaic at the end.” This program examines the long history of women’s activism over the course of the 19th century, to highlight the multi-faceted mosaic of the women’s suffrage movement. Throughout the 19th century, many women became involved in a number of reform movements, including educational access, abolitionism, charitable societies, married women’s property rights, temperance, dress reform, and of course, the suffrage movement. Participants will explore the diverse paths that led women to engage in civic and public life to make a difference in their own communities.
This event is free. A suggested donation of $10 is appreciated.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Lucia McMahon, Ph.D., is currently Professor and Chair of History at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ, where she regularly teaches courses in historical methods, early national U.S. history, and women’s history. Her research broadly focuses on women’s intellectual and educational history, with a particular focus on the recovery of relatively “unknown” women’s voices and experiences. McMahon is the author of several books and articles, including Mere Equals: The Paradox of Educated Women in the Early American Republic (Cornell University Press, 2012), and The Journal of Rachel Van Dyke, 1810-1811 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000).
This program has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities (NJCH). Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the NEH or NJCH.
