Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement is the first lecture in a three-part speaker series on Race and Electorates: From Sovereignty to Suffrage in U.S. History.
Join us as we commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and hear powerful stories of a multiracial group of activists who propelled the national suffrage movement toward a more inclusive vision of equal rights.
About Cathleen Cahill
is an Associate Professor of History at Penn State University. She is a social historian who explores the everyday experiences of ordinary people, primarily women. She focuses on women's working and political lives, asking how identities such as race, nationality, class, and age have shaped them. Dr. Cahill
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About the Speaker Series
The History Department Election 2020 Fall Speaker Series on Race and Electorates: From Sovereignty to Suffrage in U.S. History is a critical reflection of historical contexts for pressing questions about political rights and identities.
