Category Archives: Women’s History

Women Weren’t Given the Vote. They Took It.

July PBS programming:
Vote: American Experience Part I Monday, July 6 at 8 pm MDT and Part II Tuesday, July 7 at 8 pm MDT portrays the epic crusade by American women for the right to vote and celebrates the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment.
Warrior Women Monday, July 6 at 10 pm MDT tells the story of American Indian Movement activists.
Daring Women Doctors: Physicians in the 19th Century Tuesday, July 7 at 10 pm MDT examines how female physicians impacted their community.
Unladylike 2020: American Masters Friday, July 10 at 10 pm MDT explores the stories of pioneering women in American politics.

Don’t get PBS? Go to PBS website unladylike2020.com to view short films about unsung women: Maggie Lena Walker became first African American female bank president, Louise Arner Boyd was the first American woman to lead an expedition to the Artic, and Ynes Mexia coolected more than 145,000 plant specimens.

Megan Kamerick is hosting 4 podcasts about New Mexico and the Vote. The first aired June 30.

100th Anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment at the Roundhouse Feb. 6

Thursday, February 6, 2020 – 100th Anniversary at the State Capitol
The public is invited to celebrate the 100th anniversary of New Mexico’s ratification of the 19th Amendment.
Enjoy costumes, festivities and refreshments. AAUW members are encouraged to wear white
8:00 am – 2:00 pm: Displays in the West Hall [Visit the AAUW table!]
8:00 – 10:30 am: Legislative Committee Hearings;
10:30 and 11:00 a.m. the House and Senate respectively will pass special legislative memorials celebrating the Suffrage Centennial.
12:30 – 2 pm: Program in the Rotunda: Hear from women leaders including Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, Senator Nancy Rodriguez, Senator Liz Stefanics, Representative Gail Chasey and Representative Joanne Ferrary, LWVUS Director Virginia Kase and LWVNM President Hannah Burling. Cake and lemonade, too!

Fight the Wikipedia Gender Gap Webinar Feb. 27

You’re invited by the AAUW Jane Addams Branch IL to join the webinar, Fight the Wikipedia Gender Gap presented by ERA advocate, A.J. Conroy, February 27 at 8 pm CST.
Learn how women are not represented equally on Wikipedia. See a demonstration of how to become a Wikipedia editor.
To register send an e-mail to aauwJaneAddams@gmail.com
After you register you will receive an email reminder that will contain a link to join the webinar.

Watch the Recording

Women’s Equality Day August 26

August 26 marks the anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment which granted women the right to vote. One battle we are still waging is for women in education. AAUW estimates that due to disproportionate student loan burden and a longer debt repayment period, women currently hold almost 2/3 of student debt in the U.S.

Online Author Talk January 10 at 5:30 pm

The Poisoned Table, “historical novel” written by AAUW member Diane Michael Cantor is based on the writings of renowned British Actress Fanny Kemble and her life in 19th century England and the American South. The Poisoned Table portrays a passionate rivalry between fictional actress Isàbel Graves and real-life Shakespearean stage sensation Kemble. A tale of ambition, romance, and betrayal, the novel traces their unconnected adventures and acting careers in the Old and New Worlds, as well as their introduction to the horrors of American slavery. Kemble was an ardent abolitionist who penned Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839 which is sometimes credited with dissuading Britain from aiding the Confederacy.

Register to join the online discussion at www.aauw.org.