Women ought to have representatives, instead of being arbitrarily governed without any direct share allowed them in the deliberations of government.
-Mary Wollstonecraft

At our meeting on Monday, Sept. 21st we will discuss Women in politics. This is a colossal topic to tackle, so Roz and I tried to come up with some general themes to shape the discussion. Our main objective, while researching, was not finding a general overview of Women's political action, but more to determine what specific changes allowed women to gain their footing in the the political scene and to advance to the point we're at now (quite an exciting point to be at, I do say).

We decided upon several articles to prepare for the discussion.... as always, read the articles that interest you and if you get the chance, skim the ones that are less compelling.

To begin with, a general Women's Suffrage timeline:
http://www.thelizlibrary.org/suffrage/index.html

Skim over the Declaration of Sentiments:
http://www.thelizlibrary.org/suffrage/declare.htm


A recent article from Newsweek "From Seneca Falls to...Sarah Palin?":
http://www.newsweek.com/id/158893

The Nation article "Obama and the Sisters":
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080901/harris-lacewell

And two Quick articles to make you think about Women's fashion in politics:

http://www.marquise.de/en/1900/howto/reform.shtml

Nytimesarticle


If you have the time...

An article to skim from Harpers, circa 1955... we thought a lot about the access that women had to political power if their husbands were politicians.
http://www.harpers.org/archive/1955/06/0000257

Often overlooked, and one of our own: a short biography on Hannah Callowhill Penn
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Callowhill_Penn

Meeting begins at 8:30 PM
Hope to see you there!
(see e-mail for directions to Sarah's apartment)