Registration open: "In Her Own Right: A Century of Women's Activism, 1820-1920" symposium, March 18-19, 2021

Symposium 

In Her Own Right: A Century of Women's Activism, 1820-1920 ~ March 18-19, 2021 

The Philadelphia Area Consortium for Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) and In Her Own Right project team invite you to join us in exploring a century of women’s activism leading to the passage of the 19th Amendment. The symposium celebrates more than 5 years of work on the In Her Own Right project. 

Featuring keynote speaker Martha S. Jones, Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor, Professor of History, and a Professor at the SNF Agora Institute at The Johns Hopkins University

Please visit our website for event details and registration. 

Program Overview (preliminary schedule subject to change)

Thursday, March 18, 2021

• 9:00 – 10:00am Opening Plenary and Session #1
• 10:15 – 11:30am Friendship and Relationships Between Women
• 11:45am – 12:45pm Professional Women
• 2:00 – 3:00pm
  • Track 1: Peacemakers
  • Track 2: Women in Politics
• 3:15 – 4:15pm
  • Track 1: Undisputed Dignity: Preserving Anna Julia Cooper's Legacy Through Her Archives
  • Track 2: Alice Paul at the University of Pennsylvania: A Study of “The Legal Rights of Women in Pennsylvania” (1912)

Thursday, March 18, 6:00 - 8:00pm

Keynote Speaker: Martha S. Jones
Society of Black Alumni Presidential Professor, Professor of History, and a Professor at the SNF Agora Institute at The Johns Hopkins University

Friday, March 19, 2021

• 9:00 – 10:30am Perspectives on Suffrage
• 10:45 – 11:45am Philanthropy with Strings
• 12:00 – 1:00pm Antislavery Women
• 2:00 – 3:30pm
  • Track 1: Prominence and Memory
  • Track 2: El Voto Feminino: Women and Suffrage in New Mexico's Past and Present
• 3:45 – 4:45pm
  • Track 1: Lives Recreated in the Reconstruction Era
  • Track 2: Social Change in the WWI Era

Please visit our website for event details and registration.