Historian and author Mary Lipsey discusses how difficult it was to get the 14th amendment passed to grant women suffrage. Even then, the journey was not over. Black, Native and many immigrant women could not vote and barriers such as literacy tests and poll taxes stood between them and their destination at the polls. Adults and teens. Register if you'd like a reminder.

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Speaker Bio

Mary Buckingham Lipsey grew up in Fairfax County, Virginia. She received a BA in History and Sociology from Mary Washington College and a Masters in Middle School Education from Virginia Tech. In June 2003, Mary retired after teaching American History for almost thirty years. She has been a docent at the Smithsonian American History Museum and the National Archives and served on the Fairfax County History Commission for 16 years.