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Learn about the memorial to honor the voting rights of all women. Presented by members of the Sojourner Truth Statue Project Committee. Registration required.Register: https://services.akronlibrary.org/event/7936923
Sojourner Truth challenged the exclusion of women of color from the Women’s Rights Movement.
In honor of Sojourner Truth and in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, a committee of local Summit County women raised funds to commission local artist Woodrow Nash to create a statue of Truth, which will be located at the United Way of Summit & Medina Counties.
This monument will serve as an ongoing opportunity to educate the public on the progress made over the last 100 years and honor the fight for voting rights for all women — especially many women of color who were excluded from voting until the 1960s.
Presenters from The Sojourner Truth Project Committee, Chair Towanda Mullins, Project Historian Leianne Neff Heppner, and Education Committee Lead Margaret Maurer, share how this project came into being and honor this important part of Akron’s history.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Highland Square Branch Library, 807 W Market St,Akron,OH,United States