October 30, 2019 (Wednesday at 7:00pm) – The Suffrage Movement and Women’s Rights. LWVN joined the Newton Free Library, Historic Newton, and the Newton Human Rights Commission, as co-sponsor to the event, “After Suffrage: A 20/20 Perspective on Women’s Rights, 1920 – 2020.” Hosted by author Barbara Berenson, this talk explored how women have fared politically and legally over the past century; considered how women activists have built alliances and shaped laws in an effort to combat stereotypes, discrimination and gender-based violence at home, at work and in the public sphere; and reviewed the long and ongoing campaign for the Equal Rights Amendment.
