A City Made by Women: New Perspectives

This past year — 100 years after women won the right to vote in New York — feminism and the crucial importance of female leadership in political life have once again taken center stage. For Women’s History Month, discover the often untold stories of feminist activists and their struggles and triumphs over the last century, from the suffrage movement of the 1910s and the politicos of the 1930s, to the women’s liberation movement of the 1960s and women’s activism in our own time. This afternoon symposium celebrates our current exhibition, Beyond Suffrage: A Century of New York Women in Politics.

Keynote Speaker: 
Samhita Mukhopadhyay, new Executive Editor of Teen Vogue and co-editor of the 2017 book Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance and Revolution in Trump’s America

Speakers: 
Susan Goodier, Lecturer in American History, SUNY Oneonta
Farah Jasmine Griffin, Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies, Columbia University
Premilla Nadasen, Professor of History, Barnard College
Julie Scelfo (moderator), author and journalist

After the panel, join us for a free coffee-fueled Feminist Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, which aims to expand and improve the historical record of feminist activism on Wikipedia. For more information and to sign up click here.











When: Sun., Mar. 25, 2018 at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Where: Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Ave.
212-534-1672
Price: $20 for adults, $15 for students, educators, & seniors, $10 for Museum Members
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This past year — 100 years after women won the right to vote in New York — feminism and the crucial importance of female leadership in political life have once again taken center stage. For Women’s History Month, discover the often untold stories of feminist activists and their struggles and triumphs over the last century, from the suffrage movement of the 1910s and the politicos of the 1930s, to the women’s liberation movement of the 1960s and women’s activism in our own time. This afternoon symposium celebrates our current exhibition, Beyond Suffrage: A Century of New York Women in Politics.

Keynote Speaker: 
Samhita Mukhopadhyay, new Executive Editor of Teen Vogue and co-editor of the 2017 book Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance and Revolution in Trump’s America

Speakers: 
Susan Goodier, Lecturer in American History, SUNY Oneonta
Farah Jasmine Griffin, Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African-American Studies, Columbia University
Premilla Nadasen, Professor of History, Barnard College
Julie Scelfo (moderator), author and journalist

After the panel, join us for a free coffee-fueled Feminist Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon, which aims to expand and improve the historical record of feminist activism on Wikipedia. For more information and to sign up click here.

Buy tickets/get more info now