Sponsored by Humanities New York, the Howland Stone Store Museum will facilitate six sessions on the history of the Women’s Suffrage movement in New York and the nation. We will utilize resources provided by Humanities NY and our own archives, interspersing material on Sherwood’s important contributions to the Movement. The group will be facilitated by Linda Post Van Buskirk. HSSM docents and staff are encouraged to attend in preparation for the 2023 season.
The first session will be held at 4:00 pm, Sunday, January 29, at Opendore. Zoom participation will also be offered to those who register in advance. Email event@howlandstonestore.org for the Zoom link. In preparation, participants are asked to read Judith Wellman’s book, The Sherwood Equal Rights Historic District, which is available for purchase from the Museum or on loan from area libraries.
Reading materials: To expedite receipt of a copy of the Wellman book, email event@howlandstonestore.org. To receive a copy of other reading materials, contact Marilyn Post at madeline4394@gmail.com or 315-478-1800.
From then on, we will meet every three weeks at the same time, or at a time mutually agreed upon. Subsequent books will be supplied on loan by Humanities New York. Book selections include history, biography, and fiction and consider African American suffragists and women of varied social standing.
January 29, 2023
Read: Judith Wellman, The Sherwood Equal Rights Historic District
February 19
Read: Sally McMillen, Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women’s Rights Movement
Read introduction and chapter 1: Jean H. Baker, Votes for Women: The Struggle for Suffrage Revisited
March 12
Read: Rosalyn Terborg-Penn, African American Women in the Struggle for the Vote, 1850–1920
Read chapter 2 of Votes for Women
April 2
Read: Lori D. Ginzberg, Elizabeth Cady Stanton: An American Life
Read chapter 3 of Votes for Women
April 23
Read: Marge Piercy, Sex Wars: A Novel of Gilded Age New York
Read chapter 4 of Votes for Women
May 14
Read: Mary Walton, A Woman’s Crusade: Alice Paul and the Battle for the Ballot
Read chapters 5 - 6 of Votes for Women