Art Deco Weekend: Sheroes – The Fight for Women’s Suffrage & Beyond

When: Sunday, January 19 From 1 P.M. to 2 P.M.

Where: The Wolfsonian FIU, 1001 Washington Avenue

About: Sheroes: The Fight for Women and Beyond – Talk @ Art Deco Weekend 2020

In honor of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage Dr. Long will explore the story of the 72-year-long battle waged by the suffragettes for the right to vote. It is a long harrowing journey where suffragettes endured discrimination, imprisonment and torture. When women finally earned the right to vote with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, the battle for gender equality was far from over. Dr. Long will highlight the current challenges women face and her personal work breaking the bronze ceiling.

Dr. Lynette Long is a licensed psychologist and former college professor. She is the founder and president of Equal Visibility Everywhere (EVE), a not-for-profit which focuses on researching the under-representation of women on our nation’s symbols and icons: currency, stamps, statues, monuments and memorials, and historical markers. Long’s groundbreaking research has been cited by major media outlets all over the country. She has published thirty books and dozens of articles and has written two award-winning plays.

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