Southeastern Livingston Center to host panel on Women's Suffrage
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 
by: Tonya Lowentritt
HAMMOND – Seeking to commemorate 100 years since the 19th Amendment’s ratification,
the Centennial Woman’s Suffrage Project, an interdisciplinary group at Southeastern
Louisiana University, will make a presentation in Walker Nov. 2. Scheduled at 6:30
p.m., the event will be held at the Livingston Center, located at 9261 Florida Blvd.
Southeastern’s Carol Madere of the Department of Communication and Media Studies
will speak on the national movement, and Lisa Moody of the English Department will
describe the state suffrage movement. Moderators for the presentation include Sims
Library’s Angela Dunnington and Shawndee Fluker of the Department of Communication
and Media Studies.
Although attendance in the auditorium is limited, participants may view the presentation
and ask questions through Google Meet at https://stream.meet.google.com/stream/3a394eee-3830-499b-996d-ac09e7f40fcb?authuser=0.
CWSP has developed several ways for community members to join in the centennial
commemoration, including presentations on campus with the National Women’s History
Museum, at the Old Governor’s Mansion, and a Zoom panel in conjunction with display
of their traveling exhibit on suffrage at the Shaw Center sponsored by the Red Magnolia
Theater Company. That exhibit, which was produced through a Louisiana Endowment for
the Humanities Rebirth Grant, is currently traveling the state.
CWSP also hosted a one-day women’s conference on campus during Women’s History
Month and is currently hosting an online institute on teaching with primary sources
about suffrage for K-12 teachers through a grant from the Library of Congress.
Members of the CWSP include Madere, Moody, Fluker, Dunnington, Jordan Ahrend
of the Department of Teaching and Learning, Amber Narro and Elizabeth Hornsby of the
Department of Communication and Media Studies, Samantha Cavell of the Department of
History and Political Science, Elizabeth Sanders of Sims Library, Sheri Gibson of
University Marketing and Communications, Stephanie Katz of the Department of English,
and Megan Sanders, graphic design specialist.
For more information, contact Interim Director of the Livingston Center Krystal
Hardison at khardison@southeastern.edu.
