The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire and International Women’s Day: 100 years Ago
The first International Women’s Day commemorated a demonstration by women workers in New York in 1857. But what established the modern celebration of International Women’s Day in history, was the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York on 25 March 1911 that killed 146 young women workers, most of whom were immigrants. From the ashes of that tragic event, the pursuit of social justice for women and men ignited that day continues be felt around the world 100 years on. From New York, ILO On-line reports on the fire that changed everything.
Author Rebecca Traister to Headline Gender Bias Event
VTDigger is partnering with the Vermont Has Her Back initiative to advance the conversation about gender bias in the media.
At a special event on Thursday, April 1, at 6 p.m., Rebecca Traister will give a keynote address followed by a panel moderated by Vermont Public Radio’s Jane Lindholm. The panel will feature:
- Anne Galloway, founder and executive director of VTDigger
- Candace Page, editor at Seven Days
- Sarah Ashworth, VPR’s vice president of news
- Eva McKend, congressional correspondent for Spectrum News and former anchor for WCAX
- Natalie Silver, co-author of Vermont Has Her Back
Read more about the event and register here
 Rose O’Neill: Artist, Activist, and Queen of Kewpiesblogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2020/03/rose-oneill-artist-activist-and-queen-of-kewpies/“What the World Gives to Me”: The Correspondence of Georgia O’Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz blogs.loc.gov/catbird/2021/03/what-the-world-gives-to-me-the-correspondence-of-georgia-okeeffe-and-alfred-stieglitz/For Kids, Families and Teachers:Celebrate Women’s History Month with Mabel Ping-Hua Lee and Suffragist Cards blogs.loc.gov/families/2021/03/celebrate-wom ens-history-month-with-mabel-ping-hua-lee-and-suffragist-cards/Diversity in the Struggle: Exploring the Lives of Suffragists blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2021/03/diversity-in-the-struggle-exploring-the-lives-of-suffragists/ |
The Right to Vote: Reexamining Women’s Suffrage
Tuesdays, March 23 – May 4, 2021
1:30-3pm Eastern; Free & Online via Zoom
Click here to register for free.
2020 marked the centennial of the 19th amendment. In this course, we will explore the history of women’s suffrage in the United States, the constitutional framework within which the suffragists worked, and the continuing efforts to address women’s issues including voting, elected representation, and gender related public policy efforts.
This live and interactive course is free and open to the public, and includes the following guest speakers:
- March 23: Thomas Gerety on “The Right to Vote: Constitutional Constraints.”
- March 30: Barbara Berenson on “Massachusetts in the Woman Suffrage Movement: Revolutionary Reformers”
- April 6: Rebecca Edwards on “Suffrage in the Gilded Age.”
- April 13: Lauren Santangelo on “Suffrage and the City: New York Women Battle for the Ballot.”
- April 20: Liv Cummins and Rob Hartmann on “Suffrage and Song: Suffrage Protest Music.”
- April 27: Cathleen Cahill on “Recasting the Vote: How Women of Color Transformed the Suffrage Movement.”
- May 4: Robyn Rosen on “Unfinished Business: Women in National Politics.”