Open for Timed-Entry Admissions and accommodating "Walk-Ins" when possible Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House Summer Conversational Series Adult & Teacher Education The Divining Power of Women: Louisa May Alcott and the Fight for Woman Suffrage Virtual Program Sunday - Thursday July 11 - 15, 2021 REGISTER ONLINE Although it was more than 30 years after Louisa May Alcott’s death that women finally won the right to vote in a national election, Alcott was the first woman to register to vote in the town of Concord, and the first to cast a vote in the town’s special election for School Committee. Her attempts to rally the women of Concord to petition the town to grant a “municipal vote” for women were documented in a series of articles she wrote for Lucy Stone’s Woman’s Journal as well as The Concord Freeman. Alcott was frustrated with Concord, however -- “a town which ought to lead if it really possesses all the intelligence claimed for it” -- and with the majority of its women, to whom she felt “cake and servants are more interesting.” To celebrate the centennial of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which guaranteed the national vote for American women, this year’s Summer Conversational Series adult and teacher education will explore the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of the journey toward securing woman suffrage both here and abroad. DAILY SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS Our Sunday Panelists BIOGRAPHIES "Women, Diversity, and Reform: A Conversation" with . . . Phyllis Blum Cole Pennsylvania State University Maria Madison Brandeis University / Robbins House Megan Marshall Emerson College / Pulitzer Prize Winner Our Weekday Presenters BIOGRAPHIES ~ See Daily Schedule link above for Presenter Days & Times ~ Michael Barnett Minister / Religious Scholar Barbara Berenson Harvard Law School / Tufts University Melissa Cybulski Longmeadow, MA Historical Society / Emily Dickinson Museum Cathlin Davis California State University - Stanislaus Diane Duray University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) Susan Gottshall Communications Director / Freelance Writer Adriana Lanzi University of Cordoba / Teachers Training Colleges - Buenos Aires, Argentina Kristi Martin Scholar / Historical Interpreter Marianne Monson Author / Editor / Teacher Todd Richardson University of Texas - Permian Basin Lorraine Tosiello Physician / Author Krissie West Author / Academic REGISTER ONLINE © 2021 Louisa May Alcott's Orchard House - All Rights Reserved HomeAboutDonateOnline StoreDigital DiscoveriesSchools & ScoutsDocumentaryAnnual AppealMembershipLittle Women Garden