Cocktails and Conversations - Voting Rights: Then and Now

2020 marks the 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment which gave some women the right to vote. Voting rights have always been a struggle for many groups in our country and continue to be an issue. This panel will look at the whole picture through historical, constitutional, and activist lenses.

Moderator: Kimberly Conway Dumpson, RIC

Elisa Miller, RIC (Historian)

Diane Hassel, RWU ( Constitutional Law)

Lorén Speas, Tomaquag Museum (Native Voting Rights)

This event is co-hosted by Rhode Island College.

This work is made possible in part through funding and support from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities. The Council seeds, supports, and strengthens public history, cultural heritage, civic education, and community engagement by and for all Rhode Islanders.