Women’s Equality Day
August 31, 2009 at 1:17 am 2 comments
Women’s Equality Day did not pass unremarked in Kirksville. A group of about 25 people came to the Kirksville Arts Center to listen and think about the long struggle for women to get the vote. We heard readings from the writings of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Frederick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth—the classic figures of 19th century American activism. But we also heard the words of Emma Goldman, Faye Wattleton and Hilary Clinton, songs like “Bread and Roses”, and perspectives on early women in osteopathy and microbiology. It felt like a vigil in some ways, the passing of a long, late summer afternoon together, re-reading and re-hearing the old texts and wondering about the new—whose words will guide us into the future?
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Julia | September 8, 2009 at 3:30 am
The Women’s Equality Day Program was a lovely way to share our inspirations and honor the women (and men) who worked so tirelessly for our rights-to vote, to get an education, to seek a career. I could see us doing this kind of event to share our thoughts about any of NOW’s core values. JR
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Monica Barron | September 8, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Thanks. Jerry Hirsch aslo said he thinks we could easily do another such program during Women’s History Month.