January 26, 2021, 12pm on Zoom
The day before he was sworn in as president in 1913, Woodrow Wilson was met by a modern suffrage parade organized by young Quaker Alice Paul. Women’s suffrage had gone outside to the streets with the result that Wilson was the first president to face the Votes for Women movement day in, day out, for years. Jamie Stiehm and Lucy Lang discuss the Arc of the modern 20th century Suffrage movement.
About the Speakers:
Jamie Stiehm is a columnist for Creators Syndicate, writing on Washington politics and history. She is also a public speaker on American history, giving three talks that aired on C-SPAN. She previously worked as a reporter for The Baltimore Sun and The Hill. Her op-eds and columns have appeared in newspapers across the nation, including The Washington Post, The New York Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Lucy Lang is a nationally recognized criminal justice reform leader and most recently served as the Director of the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College, a leading criminal justice think tank, where she worked with communities and progressive DAs across the country. Prior to that, she was an assistant district attorney in Manhattan where she created a first of its kind, semester-long college-in-prison course, bringing together assistant district attorneys and incarcerated students to study criminal justice side by side inside New York State prisons.
About the Series:
Join notable historians, curators, and leaders for a series exploring the social movements of the early 20th Century and their relevance today. Talks explore Women’s Suffrage, activism and protest, racial inequity, and the consequences and legacy of Woodrow Wilson’s presidency.
Part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Campaign for Where Women Made History. The National Trust and its supporters are making a significant, multi-year commitment to elevate the stories of women and their contributions as leaders, innovators, and ground breakers throughout the course of American history.
