Women’s Rights Beyond Suffrage

“We Want All There Is”: The Struggle for Women’s Rights Beyond Suffrage

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Date(s) - Thursday, October 10, 2019
6:00 pm


An Evening with Dr. Sarah Milov

Kicking off the annual Georgia History Festival, the Georgia Historical Society and UVaClub of Savannah will host a lecture with Dr. Sarah Milov, Assistant Professor of History at the University of Virginia, that explores the legacy of the struggle for women’s suffrage. The 2019-2020 Festival will explore the theme, “Women’s Suffrage at 100: The 19th Amendment and Georgia History.”

2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. This lecture will focus on how different groups of women over the past hundred years have aspired to full inclusion in the political arena. Join us for this engaging and timely presentation!

October 10, 2019, at 6:00 p.m. Free and open to the public

Christ Church Episcopal – Johnson Square
28 Bull Street
Savannah, Georgia


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About Dr. Sarah Milov

Sarah Milov

Sarah Milov is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Virginia. A former fellow of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, she has written on the tobacco industry, the rise of e-cigarettes, and the grassroots fight to battle climate change. Her research explores how organized interest groups and everyday Americans influence government policy.


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