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X-WR-CALDESC:2015 is the 95th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th A
 mendment to the U.S. Constitution! Peterboro’s second Equality Day 2015 ev
 ent will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday\, August 23 at the Smithfield Community 
 Center in Peterboro. Norman K. Dann PhD will present Ballots and Bloomers:
  Passionate Reforms and Peterboro\, a program on Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s 
 quest for the vote for women\, and Elizabeth Smith Miller’s dress reform f
 or women made famous by Stanton’s colleague Amelia Bloomer. Dr. Dann’s pre
 sentation is based on his research and publications of Cousins of Reform: 
 Gerrit Smith and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Ballots\, Bloomers\, and Marma
 lade: The Life of Elizabeth Smith Miller\, a book in publication. The two 
 Elizabeths were named after the same Livingston grandmother and\, besides 
 being close cousins and friends\, were allies in reform activities. Sexual
  parity refreshments will be available.\n\nNorm Dann is a founder and memb
 er of the Cabinet of Freedom for the National Abolition Hall of Fame and M
 useum\, a docent at the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark\, a
  member of the Annual Peterboro Civil War Weekend Committee\, and Treasure
 r of the Peterboro Area Museum. Professor emeritus Morrisville State Colle
 ge\, Dann’s biography Practical Dreamer: Gerrit Smith and the Crusade for 
 Social Reform (2009) was the first in a series of books on the Smith famil
 y of Peterboro.\n\nAt 2 p.m. on Saturday\, August 22\, young and old are i
 nvited to a living history event Looking Back –and Ahead: The Long Road to
  Equality to break ground for an Equality Garden in Peterboro. As seeds ar
 e planted\, programming will weave the history of the century of organizin
 g that led to the 19th Amendment\, as well as the century of organizing st
 ill underway as the United States continues its work toward Equality. Suza
 nne B. Spring PhD\, Jeff McArn and students from Colgate University and Ha
 milton College will facilitate the participatory program commemorating Equ
 ality Day.\n\nOn August 26th\, 1970\, Betty Freidan and the National Organ
 ization for Women (NOW) organized a nationwide Women’s Strike for Equality
  to demand equal opportunities. Over 100\,000 women participated. This str
 ike shined light on the injustices and disparities lived daily by women ac
 ross the nation. In 1971\, Representative Bella Abzug (D-NY) introduced a 
 bill which designated August 26th as Women’s Equality Day. This date was s
 elected to commemorate the 1920 passage of the 19th amendment to the Const
 itution which granted women suffrage. Women’s Equality Day celebrates wome
 n’s suffrage but also brings attention to women’s continuous path towards 
 true equality. The President is authorized and requested to issue a procla
 mation annually in commemoration for the struggle that continues to this d
 ay.\n\nBoth events take place at the Smithfield Community Center\, 5255 Pl
 easant Valley Road\, Peterboro NY 13134. For further updates and informati
 on: www.peterboroNY.org and 315-280-8828.\n\nAdmission is Free.\n
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DESCRIPTION:2015 is the 95th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Am
 endment to the U.S. Constitution! Peterboro’s second Equality Day 2015 eve
 nt will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday\, August 23 at the Smithfield Community C
 enter in Peterboro. Norman K. Dann PhD will present Ballots and Bloomers: 
 Passionate Reforms and Peterboro\, a program on Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s q
 uest for the vote for women\, and Elizabeth Smith Miller’s dress reform fo
 r women made famous by Stanton’s colleague Amelia Bloomer. Dr. Dann’s pres
 entation is based on his research and publications of Cousins of Reform: G
 errit Smith and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Ballots\, Bloomers\, and Marmal
 ade: The Life of Elizabeth Smith Miller\, a book in publication. The two E
 lizabeths were named after the same Livingston grandmother and\, besides b
 eing close cousins and friends\, were allies in reform activities. Sexual 
 parity refreshments will be available.\n\nNorm Dann is a founder and membe
 r of the Cabinet of Freedom for the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Mu
 seum\, a docent at the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark\, a 
 member of the Annual Peterboro Civil War Weekend Committee\, and Treasurer
  of the Peterboro Area Museum. Professor emeritus Morrisville State Colleg
 e\, Dann’s biography Practical Dreamer: Gerrit Smith and the Crusade for S
 ocial Reform (2009) was the first in a series of books on the Smith family
  of Peterboro.\n\nAt 2 p.m. on Saturday\, August 22\, young and old are in
 vited to a living history event Looking Back –and Ahead: The Long Road to 
 Equality to break ground for an Equality Garden in Peterboro. As seeds are
  planted\, programming will weave the history of the century of organizing
  that led to the 19th Amendment\, as well as the century of organizing sti
 ll underway as the United States continues its work toward Equality. Suzan
 ne B. Spring PhD\, Jeff McArn and students from Colgate University and Ham
 ilton College will facilitate the participatory program commemorating Equa
 lity Day.\n\nOn August 26th\, 1970\, Betty Freidan and the National Organi
 zation for Women (NOW) organized a nationwide Women’s Strike for Equality 
 to demand equal opportunities. Over 100\,000 women participated. This stri
 ke shined light on the injustices and disparities lived daily by women acr
 oss the nation. In 1971\, Representative Bella Abzug (D-NY) introduced a b
 ill which designated August 26th as Women’s Equality Day. This date was se
 lected to commemorate the 1920 passage of the 19th amendment to the Consti
 tution which granted women suffrage. Women’s Equality Day celebrates women
 ’s suffrage but also brings attention to women’s continuous path towards t
 rue equality. The President is authorized and requested to issue a proclam
 ation annually in commemoration for the struggle that continues to this da
 y.\n\nBoth events take place at the Smithfield Community Center\, 5255 Ple
 asant Valley Road\, Peterboro NY 13134. For further updates and informatio
 n: www.peterboroNY.org and 315-280-8828.\n\nAdmission is Free.\n
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LOCATION:5255 Pleasant Valley Road\, Peterboro\, New York
SUMMARY:Commemorate Equality Day
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