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Parked at Home: Equality
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Do you plan on spending part of your winter and spring parked at home? Explore America’s National Parks with us!
Join us as we travel through the sites that make up Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park, connecting with park staff from important sites along the way. Over the course of six virtual chats, we look forward to sharing unexpected connections and tips for finding your park.
In the 1840s, activists in Hopedale, MA, formed a community based on principles of equality. Nearly eighty years later, the 19th Amendment was ratified, expanding some women’s access to voting rights in the United States. During this discussion, we will consider the histories of two places, Hopedale and the Belmont-Paul house, as windows into the long fight for expanded suffrage and women’s rights. What can these sites teach us about equality and inequality in the United States?
This program is presented as a collaboration between Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park, Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, and Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument.