News from the John W. Kluge Center: 100 Years of Women Voting Symposium

Join the US Capitol Historical Society, the Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commission, and the John W. Kluge Center for 100 Years of Women Voting, a symposium featuring distinguished speakers and experts on the impact of women in American government and public life.

 

The symposium will consist of weekly virtual events, every Thursday from noon to 1pm, beginning next Thursday, August 27th with an opening keynote by Christina Wolbrecht, and ending on October 1st with a closing keynote by Martha Jones. Between the two keynotes, there will be four panel discussions featuring scholars and members of Congress.

 

Register here for all events in the symposium that you plan on attending. Free advance registration is required. For more information visit the US Capitol Historical Society’s website.

 

The full schedule is detailed below. All events take place from 12:00pm – 1pm EDT

 

August 27 – Opening Keynote

Christina Wolbrecht

Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame; Director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy; C. Robert and Margaret Hanley Family Director of the Washington Program

 

September 3 – “Race and Gender in Politics: The Last 100 Years”

Liette Gidlow

Harvard University and Wayne State University

 

Rep. Marcia Fudge

U.S. House of Representatives, OH-11

 

Andra Gillespie

Emory University

 

Cathleen Cahill

Penn State

 

September 10 – “Diverse Voices from the Suffrage Movement”

Jacqueline Jones Royster

Georgia Tech

 

Nancy Bird-Soto

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

 

Lori Harrison-Kahan

Boston College

 

Elizabeth Novara

Library of Congress

 

September 17 – “Women in Leadership”

Hon. Jane L. Campbell

U.S. Capitol Historical Society

 

Hon. Cheryl L. Johnson

Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

 

Hon. Mary Landrieu

Van Ness Feldman, LLP; U.S. Senate, LA, 1997-2015

 

Michele Swers

Georgetown University

 

September 24 – “Gender and Political Participation”

Colleen Shogan

David M. Rubenstein National Center for White House History

 

Bettye Collier-Thomas

Temple University

 

Kay Schlozman

Boston College

 

Catherine Wineinger

Western Washington University

 

October 1 – Closing Keynote

Martha Jones

Johns Hopkins University