Events & Meetings
The Historical Society holds multiple meetings throughout the year. All are welcome to attend. We also publish a semi-annual newsletter.
Coming Events:
Ms. Alan in costume
(credit: livinghistorylectures.com)
Soldiers in Petticoats: The Struggles of the Suffragettes
Presented by: Tames AlanTo Be Determined*
The current freedom of modern women began with the Suffragette movement and grew to encompass both Women’s Liberation and the Civil Rights movement. It took seven decades of ceaseless, fearless agitation by three generations of women activists in more than nine hundred local, state, and national campaigns to win the vote. These women were often ostracized by their families and churches for their suffrage stance; they were pelted with rotten eggs and pilloried in the press; they were imprisoned and force fed and beaten. In the process of challenging political norms and cultural taboos and gender stereotypes, the suffragists became adept politicians and great orators and extraordinary leaders.
Dressed as a Suffragette, actress, historian Tames Alan talks about the struggle of American women to gain the right to vote and the impact the Suffragettes had on child labor laws and other major issues of the era.
Washington's Undiscovered Feminists
Presented by Mayumi TsutakawaTo Be Determined*
In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage, we will remember some of the remarkable, but often unsung, women of the Pacific Northwest. Meet five “woman warriors” in the arts and journalism from the past century whose stories inspire: pioneering photographer Imogen Cunningham, Black American jazz musician Ruby Bishop, Chinese American artist Priscilla Chong Jue, leftist journalist Anna Louise Strong, and Native American linguist Vi Hilbert.
Drawing on her own experience as an activist and writer, Mayumi Tsutakawa explores how these women inspired others and changed our state and our society.
This program is a partnership with Friends of the Mercer Island Library.
*Unfortunately we have had to cancel our spring programs. We are currently working with the two previously scheduled speakers, Tames Alan and Mayumi Tsutakawa, to find dates in the fall for their presentations. As previously planned, John Hughes, Chief Historian for the Washington Secretary of State's office will be speaking on September 30th, 7 PM at the Mercer Island Community Center. He is the author of Ahead of the Curve, profiles of 11 Washington women who have been blazing the trails since women in the Evergreen State gained the right to vote.
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