Votes for Women: 19th Amendment at 100--Streaming Edition

On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, & women achieved the long-fought-for right to vote. For the amendment’s 100th anniversary, UNC-Greensboro lecturer Dr. Mandy L. Cooper will re-examine the fight for women’s suffrage in “Votes for Women: The 19th Amendment at 100,” at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 23rd. Her talk, sponsored by the Friends of the Library, is free & the public is invited to stream her presentation on Go-to-Meeting. Join at this website: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/741434045 using your computer, tablet, or smartphone. You can also dial in using your phone: 1-571-317-3122; access code 741-434-045. It’s recommended that you log on 10 minutes prior to the presentation to ensure everything is working. For questions & assistance, please call 336-318-6808. Although she firmly places the amendment at the center of American’s long & continued fight for suffrage, she also notes that some women in the United States already had the right to vote — & others would continue fighting for it for decades. Dr. Cooper is a Lecturer of Women’s & Gender History at UNCG. She earned her Ph.D. in history from Duke University. She is currently at work on a book project, Bonds of Affection: Business & Politics in the National Family, which explores the relationship between emotional family bonds & the development of the U.S. economy & governing institutions from Revolution to Reconcstruction.