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Summer Conversational Series Adult & Teacher Education

The Divining Power of Women: Louisa May Alcott and the Fight for Woman Suffrage

Virtual Program     Sunday - Thursday     July 11 - 15, 2021

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Although it was more than 30 years after Louisa May Alcott’s death that women finally won the right to vote in a national election, Alcott was the first woman to register to vote in the town of Concord, and the first to cast a vote in the town’s special election for School Committee.


Her attempts to rally the women of Concord to petition the town to grant a “municipal vote” for women were documented in a series of articles she wrote for Lucy Stone’s Woman’s Journal as well as The Concord Freeman.  Alcott was frustrated with Concord, however -- “a town which ought to lead if it really possesses all the intelligence claimed for it” -- and with the majority of its women, to whom she felt “cake and servants are more interesting.” 


To celebrate the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed the national vote for American women, this year’s Summer Conversational Series adult and teacher education will explore the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of the journey toward securing woman suffrage both here and abroad.

daily schedule of presentations

Our Sunday Panelists

biographies

"Women, Diversity, and Reform: A Conversation" with . . .

Phyllis Blum Cole

Phyllis Blum Cole

Phyllis Blum Cole

Pennsylvania State University

Maria Madison

Phyllis Blum Cole

Phyllis Blum Cole

Brandeis University / Robbins House

Megan Marshall

Phyllis Blum Cole

Megan Marshall

Emerson College / Pulitzer Prize Winner

Our Weekday Presenters

biographies

~ See Daily Schedule link above for Presenter Days & Times ~

Michael Barnett

Barbara Berenson

Barbara Berenson

Minister / Religious Scholar

Barbara Berenson

Barbara Berenson

Barbara Berenson

Harvard Law School / Tufts University

Melissa Cybulski

Barbara Berenson

Melissa Cybulski

  Longmeadow, MA Historical Society / Emily Dickinson Museum

Cathlin Davis

Susan Gottshall

Melissa Cybulski

California State University - Stanislaus

Diane Duray

Susan Gottshall

Susan Gottshall

University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) 

Susan Gottshall

Susan Gottshall

Susan Gottshall

Communications Director / Freelance Writer

Adriana Lanzi

Marianne Monson

Adriana Lanzi

  University of Cordoba / Teachers Training Colleges - Buenos Aires, Argentina

Kristi Martin

Marianne Monson

Adriana Lanzi

Scholar / Historical Interpreter

Marianne Monson

Marianne Monson

Marianne Monson

Author / Editor / Teacher

Todd Richardson

Lorraine Tosiello

Marianne Monson

 University of Texas - Permian Basin 

Lorraine Tosiello

Lorraine Tosiello

Lorraine Tosiello

 Physician / Author 

Krissie West

Lorraine Tosiello

Lorraine Tosiello

Author / Academic

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