Ordinary Equality: Women’s Suffrage in Wisconsin

Most American women won the right to vote in 1920 with the ratification of the 19th Amendment. What did it take for women to gain this fundamental freedom and how did Wisconsin women and their male allies help the cause? Learn about this fascinating and complex Wisconsin story which culminated in bringing greater equality to American society. Tracey Lee Roberts, Senior Lecturer Emerita (History Department, University of Wisconsin- Platteville), has been researching and writing about Southwestern Wisconsin and the old Lead-Zinc Mining District for three decades. Her history talks engage the audience in the stories of the people who occupied this part of the Driftless Region from the period of 1750-1865.