Posts Tagged ‘ Womens History ’

NLCHS Annual Meeting ~ 12 September

September 3, 2010
By EDWARD BAKER
NLCHS Annual Meeting ~ 12 September

The Debut of our New Classroom, plus:  Jane Perkins Revealed Please join us for the 140th annual meeting of the New London County Historical Society which will be held at the Shaw Mansion Sunday 12 September beginning with an hors d’oeuvres and wine reception at 4 pm followed by the business meeting at 5:15. Following the business meeting...
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90 Years for the 19th Amendment ~ Women’s Right to Vote

February 25, 2010
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90 Years for the 19th Amendment ~ Women’s Right to Vote

The March Second Sunday program celebrates the 90th Anniversary of the League of Women Voters. Connecticut LWV President, Jara Burnett, will share the story of the effort to pass the 19th Amendment, approved in 1920, and the story of  the organization that pushed for that change: the National American Womens Suffrage Association, which became the...
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