A recent class through College of Marin Extension:
Wild Women Suffragists: A Forgotten Side of Women’s History
The struggle for women’s right to vote coincided with America’s first culture war – a battle between a strong Free Love Movement and its better-known opposite, Victorian prudery. Although history textbooks overlook the issue, the suffragists were frequently accused of being on the immoral side of this culture war. Not all suffragists were Free Lovers by any means; but several prominent Free Love advocates like Victoria Woodhull were strong supporters of women’s rights, so the reputation stuck. Come learn about the 19th-century battle between Free Love and prudery, and how it affected the struggle for women’s right to vote.
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Free Talk at the Merced Branch of the San Francisco Public Library
(155 Winston Drive, near S F State University)
on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, at 2 PM.
The topic once again is Wild Women Suffragists.
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