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Votes for All Women with Meg Mott 8/18/20
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A theatrical lecture with Dr. Meg Mott, Professor of Politics Emeritus of Marlboro College, on Tuesday, August 18 at 7:00 p.m. EST. with an opportunity for audience Q&A immediately following. An online-only event, examining the ambitions and aspirations of women’s suffrage in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment to the US Constitution. The 19th amendment, ratified on August 18, 1920, prohibited states and the federal government from denying citizens the right to vote on the basis of sex. Once the 19th Amendment became law, the franchise doubled. But what effect did women’s participation have on American politics? Frederick Douglass promoted women’s suffrage in 1848, claiming that it would increase the “moral power” of the nation. Did that prophecy come true? Dr. Mott is well known for dynamic and insightful presentations about the US Constitution. Since the 2016 election, she has been traveling around the Northeast presenting on the Bill of Rights. “The point is not to lecture but to get the audience engaged in the constitutional questions of our nation,” she explains. “Just about every passage in our founding document is open to debate. The trick is to allow space for all sides in these on-going arguments.”
