Join the Parthenon, in partnership with Centennial Park Conservancy, on Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 6 PM for a free virtual symposium by Carole Bucy titled, Steps Toward the Vote: Women's Political Activism in the Centennial Exposition and Beyond. This virtual symposium is free and open to the public. Registration is required.
In this presentation Dr. Carole Bucy will discuss the impact of the Women’s Board of the Centennial Exposition as a catalyst for women’s early/tentative/initial steps toward political activism. She will emphasize that this committee brought together a diverse group of women with a variety of viewpoints about the proper role of women in society. In her talk, Dr. Bucy will present the reasons that some of these women supported woman suffrage while others opposed it, and then conclude with the dramatic events in the state capitol in August 1920.
Dr. Carole Bucy is the Davidson County Historian and Professor of History at Volunteer State Community College.
Thank you to the Finucane & Buntin families, Humanities Tennessee, Tennessee Arts Commission, Sandra Schatten Foundation, and Centennial Park Conservancy for generously underwriting this exhibit Thanks to consulting scholar Carole Bucy, Davidson County Historian and Professor of History at Volunteer State Community College.