Experience
All events are online, Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), and subject to change.
&
University of Oregon
present
EXPERIENCE: WHAT IS INFORMATION?
Friday, May 1, 2020 • Online via Zoom
in celebration of
#LawDay2020
#whatisinformation2020
04:20-05:30p
Suffrage and the 19th Amendment
Linda Long, Curator of Manuscripts/Library, University of Oregon
“Information Gleaned from the Abigail Scott Duniway Papers at the University of Oregon”
Jane Marcellus, Journalism/Media Studies, Middle Tennessee University
“Perfect 36: How Tennessee Delivered the Final Vote for Ratification”
Thomas Bivins, Hulteng Chair in Media Ethics & Responsibility/Media Studies, University of Oregon
“How Cartoons Changed Everything: Images of the Woman’s Suffrage Movement”
05:30-06:00p
• Eliza Canty-Jones •
Editor, Oregon Historical Quarterly | Community Engagement, Oregon Historical Society
Co-founder & Past President, Oregon Women’s History Consortium
“Advancing Knowledge and Inspiring Curiosity about Woman Suffrage:
Notes on Oregon Historical Society Projects”
06:00-07:00p
Music and Research
Rebecca Conner, Vocals & Guitar
with
Leon Cotter, Keyboard & Clarinet
Lewis Childs, Vocals & Guitar
Also see more details below!
Research & Digital References
Nevertheless, They Persisted:
The Nineteenth Amendment and Women’s Voting Rights
“… connects Oregon history to the national history of woman suffrage and commemorates the bravery of the women (and men) who demanded the vote and used their rights to shape our nation and our world.”
Curator: Lori Erickson, OHS Curator of Exhibits
Timeline
Highlights from the Oregon Suffrage Movement
Nevertheless, They Persisted Curriculum
Resources
“Nevertheless, They Persisted: Stories from the Long History of Suffrage” (July 30, 2020)
presented in partnership with the Oregon Jewish Museum and
Center for Holocaust Education and the Oregon Women’s History Consortium
“The Power of the Vote: A Brief History of Voting Rights in America” (March 3, 2020).
Eliza Canty-Jones, Dear Oregon: Dispatches from Professional Time Travelers, OHS.
“Clara Bewick Colby and the Oregon Woman Suffrage Campaign of 1905–1906.”
Kristin Mapel Bloomberg, Oregon Historical Quarterly (Spring 2020), 121: 1.
“Woman Suffrage in Oregon” (July 10, 2019).
Kimberly Jensen, entry in Oregon Encyclopedia of History and Culture.
NYHS Educator Resource
Women & The American Story
Experience Oregon
“… a dynamic educational space to learn about the people, places, and events that have shaped Oregon.”
Curator: Helen B. Louise, OHS Museum Director
Exhibit Resources
Photos • Video • News Coverage
“ChalkTheVoteOR: Understanding History to Envision Tomorrow” (August 18, 2020)
Isa Ruelas, Education & Programs Coordinator, OHS.
“Powering History: The Oregon Historical Society Volunteers” (April 21, 2020)
Ally Huffman, Dear Oregon: Dispatches from Professional Time Travelers, OHS.
“From Whence Did it Come and to Where Did it Go?: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Oregon” (May 5, 2020)
Erin Brasell, Dear Oregon: Dispatches from Professional Time Travelers, OHS.
“OHS Re-opening and a Hunt for the Scarce Face Mask” (July 7, 2020)
Lisa Noah, Dear Oregon: Dispatches from Professional Time Travelers, OHS.
OHS Video Channel & Social Media
YouTube • Instagram • Twitter
Experience: What is Information? Curator
Jeremy Swartz
Special Gratitude
The Oregon Historical Society
