A Congress for Women: Women's Clubs and the Chautauqua Movement
Date and Time: January 27, 2019, 2:00 PM CT
Location:
Neosho County Community College, 800 W 14th St, Chanute
(view on google maps)
Preseneted by Sarah Bell
Chautauqua was a rural movement focused on moral education and self-improvement through programs on reform, religion, and culture. The movement was useful for advancing the cause of "womanhood," through the creation of organizations like the Woman's Council in Ottawa, Kansas, in 1892. This Council, defined as a "congress" for the growing women's club movement, provided a space for women to discuss important issues of the day. This presentation will examine how these clubs engaged women in political activism, particularly suffrage and temperance, and how this early movement laid the groundwork for contemporary issues of feminism and gender equality.
Sponsored by: Franklin County Historical Society / Old Depot Museum
For more information about this event, please contact:
Diana Staresinic-Deane
(785) 242-1250
http://www.olddepotmuseum.org