September 18, 2011 through March 30, 2012
1931 Center Street ‐ Berkeley, CA

“Berkeley Women Vote” opens at 3:00 pm at the Berkeley History Center. Key Note Speaker: Robert P.J. Cooney, Jr., author, Winning the Vote: The Triumph of the American Woman Suffrage Movement. A Pink Tea to follow.

California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research “Women of California Ask for Justice”; San Francisco Call; October 9, 1911. University of California, Riverside, http://cdnc.ucr.edu.

 

Berkeley Women Vote Events Calendar

8/15/2011	“A Centennial Celebration: California Women and the Vote” in the Bancroft Library display cases; walk past the Rotunda, through the hall to the crossing hall, University of California, Berkeley
9/11/2011	Solano Stroll: Berkeley Women Vote Suffragist Unit marches in Parade at 10:00 am and the exhibit booth opens near Ensenada Ave from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. To join the parade, contact us at berkeleywomenvote@gmail.com
10/07/2011 ‐ 3/30/2012	“Women at Cal: 19101915: When California Passed the Women’s Suffrage Amendment” in the Bancroft Library display cases in the corridor past the Rotunda, University of California, Berkeley
10/8/2011	At 10:30 am in the Central Community Meeting Room Berkeley’s Public Library Claire Rudolf Murphy and illustrator Stacey Schuett will speak and read from their new picture book “Marching With Aunt Susan,” the story of a real Berkeley girl who works with Susan B. Anthony and her Aunt Mary McHenry Keith on the suffrage campaign of 1896. For children of all ages, 2090 Kittredge Street Berkeley, Info: http://www.berkeleyhistoricalsociety.org
10/9-10/2011	Celebration of the California Suffrage Centennial 19112011 at the Sacramento Capitol. For more information: http://www.californiasuffragecentennial.com
10/14/2011	“Berkeley Women Vote” exhibit expands to the Berkeley Central Public Library display cases.
10/30/2011	League of Women Voters, Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville Celebration of its 100th anniversary; 2:00‐3:15 pm in City Council Chambers, Old City Hall, for music and speeches; then on to the Veteran’s Memorial Building for lemonade & cookies & tour of “Berkeley Women Vote”
Exhibit Speakers Series	The Berkeley Historical Society (BHS) will offer a series of suffrage related talks during the exhibit. Follow updates at the BHS website: http://www.berkeleyhistoricalsociety.org
3 BHS Fall Walking Tours Related to Exhibit	10/1/2011 UC Berkeley campus tour of sites associated with prominent UC benefactor and suffrage supporter Phoebe Hearst. 10/22/2011, Visits to four historic early women’s club houses in the south campus area. 11/12/2011 A West Berkeley walk remembering the community institutions Berkeley women created.

 

Sponsosred by the Berkeley Historical Society, League of Women Voters, Berkeley, Albany, Emeryville, American Association of University Women, Berkeley Branch, and the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library.

( 8/16/2011)