Schedule
Thursday, September 17, 2026, 6:30 p.m.
Molly Jessup, Women’s Rights National Historical Park
“Revolutionary Roots: The 1848 Seneca Falls Convention and the Origins of the Women’s Rights Movement”
Thursday, October 8, 2026, 6:30 p.m.*
Taylor Phillips, National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House
“A Short History of Voting and Voter Suppression in the United States”
*This event will be free and open to the public. In-Person Season Pass holders will be guaranteed seats.
Saturday, November 14, 2026, 1 p.m.
Jillmarie Murphy, Union College
“Place Precarity and the 19th Century Woman”
Saturday, December 12, 2026, 1 p.m.
Kathleen Casey, Furman University
The Things She Carried: A Cultural History of the Purse in America
Saturday, January 16, 2027, 1 p.m.
Hinda Mandell, Rochester Institute of Technology
“Tense Threads: Exploring the Effectiveness of ‘Craftivism’ From Suffragists to Social Media”
Thursday, March 18, 2027, 6:30 p.m.
Kelly Hayes McAlonie, University at Buffalo
Louise Blancard Bethune: Every Woman Her Own Architect
Thursday, April 15, 2027, 6:30 p.m.
Rosemarie Zagarri, George Mason University
“Revolutionary Backlash: Women and Politics in the Early American Republic”
Thursday, May 13, 2027, 6:30 p.m.
Timothy J. Madigan, St. John Fisher University
“Rochester and the Second Great Awakening”
Thursday, June 17, 2027, 6:30 p.m.
Taylor Phillips, National Susan B. Anthony Museum & House
“Roadtripping for Women’s Rights: How Alice Burke, Nell Richardson, and the Van Buren Sisters Drove Their Way to Change”