On August 18, RPJ, along with the rest of the country, celebrated the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guaranteed women’s right to vote. In this post, our intern, Oluwabukola Sarah Lawal, a student at Ithaca College, discusses the historical backdrop...
February 15, 2020, marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Susan B. Anthony, who is considered one of the driving influences behind the movement to give American women the right to vote. Born in Adams, Massachusetts, Anthony was the second-oldest of seven children. The Anthony family was strongly committed...
Earlier this week and kicking off the new year, on January 22, RPJ co-sponsored a free screening of producer Mick Caouette’s film, Summoned: Frances Perkins and the General Welfare, at UBS in honor of the 100th anniversary in 2020 of women’s suffrage and Women Creating Change’s Founders Day, as Perkins...
On January 22, RPJ kicks off an important year honoring 100 years of women’s suffrage and inspiring further progress by co-underwriting Women Creating Change’s Founders Day screening of the first documentary produced on the life of Frances Perkins and her transformative role as a woman in American politics, Summoned: Frances...