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Date(s) - October 13, 2020
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
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Dare Thompson brings her vast and personal knowledge of the Suffrage Movement and her 48-year connection with the League of Women Voters to the Ulster County Women’s Network zoom meeting on October 13th. Dare will touch on the birth of the women’s suffrage movement here in NY in 1848, the continuing fight for the vote through 1917, when NY women finally won the vote, and then on to 1920, when all in the U.S. won the vote.
Dare will talk about the different qualities the key players brought to the fight, including the activities of some of her ancestors. She will discuss how The League is doing the work we were “born” to do.
Like its foremothers, The League continues to be non-partisan—supporting neither parties nor individual candidates, although it might take a position on a ballot issue if it is thought to be helpful.
Today it is impossible not to talk about the racism that existed in the movement from the beginning—when the early White suffragists, although also fierce abolitionists, were not necessarily free of racism—and the role of Black women in the movement. Dare will describe how the 2020 celebration has been bringing this part of the story to light.
Finally, there will be a discussion of recent efforts to make voting more accessible, as well as recent efforts to discourage or suppress the vote.
About Dare Thompson
Dare Thompson has a BA in English Literature from Swarthmore College and a MAT (Master of Arts in Teaching) from Oberlin College. After beginning her work life as a teacher, she spent a quarter century as executive director of several small to mid-size arts organizations.
Dare’s primary volunteer activity since 1972 has been with The League of Women Voters, including roles as a state president, board member, and president of local leagues. She currently represents The League on the NY Women’s Suffrage Commission.
Dare is also an active volunteer with the Quakers, both locally as a member of the Poughkeepsie Meeting and more widely though the New York Yearly Meeting, where she is a trustee and the clerk of the development committee. She is particularly proud of the role of Quakers in launching the U.S. women’s suffrage movement right here in New York and for their civil rights and peace activism.
She lives in Marlboro in Ulster County with her husband, Doug.
Agenda
5:00 p.m. Open Chat with members and friends
5:30 p.m. Dare Thompson
6:15 p.m. Q&A
6:30 p.m. Meeting ends
Zoom
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