Wyoming Women’s Political History with Virginia Scharff

thursday, June 12 at 6 pm | doors open 5:30 pm

Although Wyoming calls itself “The Equality State,” Wyoming women have repeatedly had to fight for their rights, and their struggles have been complicated, to say the least.

In this lecture, Virginia Scharff – Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Southwest at the University of New Mexico – will tell four stories that reveal both women’s courage and determination to defend and expand democracy, and the sometimes unexpected and contradictory motives and consequences of their actions.

Topics will range from 1869 territorial establishment of women’s voting rights to Nellie Tayloe Ross and Liz Cheney.

This free event is part of The Rest of the West Series co-presented by Teton County Library and History Jackson Hole and has been made possible with partial funding by Wyoming Humanities and Teton County Library Foundation.

Visit Virginia Scharff’s site to learn more about her work.