Women in New York State won the right to vote in 1917, three years before the 19th Amendment secured their vote nationwide.  From Seneca Falls in 1848 when Elizabeth Cady Stanton first proposed that women should vote, generations of women worked tirelessly for suffrage. Many Long Island women were leaders in the final decade, including Alva Vanderbilt Belmont, Harriot Stanton Blatch, and General Rosalie Jones.  Learn about these and other women (and men) in the suffrage campaign from speaker Dr. Natalie Naylor, retired Hofstra professor and Long Island historian.

Dr. Naylor is a Past President of the Friends of Rock Hall Museum, President of the Nassau County Historical Society and editor of the Society’s annual Journal.

Space is limited. Reservations Requested. Fee: $10; $8 seniors. Members free.