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Special Event
Event
Women's Suffrage and the Homestead Act
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Fee:
Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 40.291180, -96.835410
Homestead Education Center
Dates & Times
Date:
Sunday, March 8, 2020
Time:
2:00 PM
Duration:
1 hour
Type of Event
Talk
Description
Homestead National Monument of America will host a special presentation on Women, The West, and Suffrage in honor of Women’s History Month. Blake Bell, Historian at Southeastern Community College of Iowa, will present his research on the ways that citizenship, property laws, and new opportunities in the west were all related to the history of women’s suffrage. Blake Bell’s presentation will be at the Education Center, Sunday, March 8th, at 2:00 p.m.
Homestead National Monument of America is proud to commemorate Women’s History month this March, celebrating the important role the Homestead Act has had on women’s suffrage. Please join us at the monument to learn more about this previously underrepresented part of American history.
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