October 6, 2024 Breaking News, Latest News, and Videos

Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club To Celebrate Centennial Of California Women’s Enfranchisement On Oct. 20:

In October 1911 the women of California voted for the first time. It was a right that was hard won by the suffrage movement and a freedom not granted to all American women for another nine years.

On Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m., the Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club celebrates the Centennial of California women’s enfranchisement with a free lecture and film screening, exploring California’s role in setting in motion the modern women’s suffrage movement.

The event will feature presentations from the following guests.

Speaker Professor Ellen Dubois is a distinguished pioneer of modern U.S. women’s history, specializing in the history of women’s suffrage. With Vicki Ruiz, she edited the innovative anthology, Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in U.S. Women’s History. And, with Lynn Dumenil, she authored Through Women’s Eyes: An American History, the first narrative history of U.S. women in more than twenty years. Currently she is writing an ambitious global history of women’s rights between 1920 and 1970.

Speaker Virginia Elwood-Akers is a retired Women’s Studies librarian whose latest book is the first full-length biography of “The Mother of Clubs’, suffragist Caroline Severance. She will discuss the role of women’s clubs in the campaign for suffrage, focusing on the Southern California region and the contributions of local personalities Caroline Severance, Georgina Sullivan Jones and the SMBWC’s founder Elmira T. Stephens.

Speaker Martha Wheeler is a filmmaker on women’s history, women writers, and artists. Recently retired as a teacher at Harvard-Westlake School where she taught American Literature, Ethics and Women’s Studies, documentary film is now her full time focus.

The film by Martha Wheeler, California Women Win The Vote, is a celebration of the 100th anniversary of California’s suffragist vote, nine years before the Federal Amendment for American Women extended the right across the U.S.

The film is a tribute to the women whose strategy, innovation, dedication and vision, over the scant eight months they had in which to organize, won an amazing victory by a thin margin of 3,500 votes! Leaders are recognized, but so too are the ordinary women and men who did the work and who never gave up.

The film brings the suffragists’ fight into a modern context, taking lessons from their experience in how to handle an issue, and posits that, since women were not given the vote but WON it, we should never take that right for granted

The Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club is located at 1210 Fourth Street, Santa Monica.

The event is free and open to all.

Phone 310.395.1308 for more information.

Follow The Mirror on Twitter: twitter.com/SMMirror

Like The Mirror on Facebook: facebook.com/SMMirror

in News
Related Posts

(Video) Center For Early Education Combines a Nurturing Environment With Addressing Children’s’ Needs

October 4, 2024

October 4, 2024

For More Info, Go to centerforearlyeducation.org @smmirrornews For more info, go to centerforearlyeduducation.org #santamonica #losangeles #california #education #earlychildhoodeducation #childhood #losangeles...

Industrious Expands, Opens New Flexible Workspaces in LA

October 3, 2024

October 3, 2024

By Susan Payne New and expanded Industrious offices are opening soon in Los Angeles. Founded in 2012 by Jamie Hodari...

Film Review: Megalopolis

October 3, 2024

October 3, 2024

FILM REVIEWMEGALOPOLISRated R138 MinutesReleased September 27th Well…this film is a trip, a series of dreams, perhaps nightmares, with a loose...

Man Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Murder of UCLA Student Brianna Kupfer

October 3, 2024

October 3, 2024

Judge Rules On Insanity Plea During Latest Hearing  Shawn Laval Smith has been sentenced to life in prison without the...

Man Arrested for Assault with a Deadly Weapon in Santa Monica Garage

October 3, 2024

October 3, 2024

The Victim Was Able to Step Back and Avoid Being Stabbed A man was arrested for assault with a deadly...

Tito’s Fiesta Mexicana Returns to Culver City to Support Local Arts Programs

October 3, 2024

October 3, 2024

Annual Event to Raise Funds for Culver City Arts Foundation This Weekend Culver City’s Tito’s Tacos and Tito’s Handmade Vodka  are joining forces...

Vittorio Ristorante to Celebrate 40 Years with Throwback Prices

October 3, 2024

October 3, 2024

The Family-Owned Restaurant Will Host a “Throwback to 1984” Event Vittorio Ristorante & Pizzeria, a beloved staple in Pacific Palisades...

(Video) SM Police Officers Association Throws Support Behind Brock, De La Torre, Roknian and Lesley in Upcoming Election

October 3, 2024

October 3, 2024

See Why SMPD Are Supporting These Dedicated Santa Monica Leaders. @smmirrornews See Why SMPD Are Supporting These Dedicated Santa Monica...

(Video) Movie Theater Shutters on 3rd Street Promenade

October 2, 2024

October 2, 2024

The Space Occupied Various Movie Theaters For The Past 90 Years @smmirrornews Various theaters occupied the space for 90 years...

An $80K Grant Aims to Curb Alcohol Abuse Offenses in Santa Monica

October 2, 2024

October 2, 2024

The Program Has Distributed Approximately $3 Million to Local Law Enforcement Agencies Statewide The Santa Monica Police Department has been...

Regional Burning Man Event Returns to Venice Beach This Weekend

October 2, 2024

October 2, 2024

Venice Afterburn Will Feature a Variety of Interactive Art Installations, Theme Camps, and Performances The Venice Afterburn, an official Burning...

Santa Monica Nears Agreement to Host Olympic Volleyball, Although It Could Cost City $12M

October 1, 2024

October 1, 2024

Officials Are Optimistic About Recouping Much of This Through Reimbursements if the Games Are Successful Santa Monica is nearing an...

Michigan Man Convicted of First-Degree Murder in Fatal Stabbing at Santa Monica Parking Lot

October 1, 2024

October 1, 2024

Forensic Specialists Collected Hundreds of DNA Samples and Fingerprints from the Scene A Michigan man has been convicted of first-degree...

(Video) CD 11 City Council Member Traci Park Holds Prop 36 Press Conference

October 1, 2024

October 1, 2024

with Brentwood Community Council Chair Carolyn Jordan and Santa Monica Mayor Phil Brock. @smmirrornews CD 11 City Council Member Traci...

Coming Soon: Saint Monica Prep Open House Oct. 13

October 1, 2024

October 1, 2024

An open house for Saint Monica Preparatory, a co-ed Catholic college preparatory school, is coming soon. The school is inviting...