Virtual Celebration of Women's Suffrage in S.D.

In honor of the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, Dakota Wesleyan University will be hosting a virtual celebration on Tuesday, Sept. 22 from 11 a.m. to noon. Ruth Page Jones will serve as the keynote speaker for the event, and deliver her speech, “A Century Celebration: Woman Suffrage in South Dakota 1868-1918,” celebrating the century birthday of women’s suffrage in South Dakota in 1918, and throughout the United States in 1920. Jones will touch on key moments, individuals and issues that helped women achieve their equal voting rights in the United States, and more specifically, in South Dakota 100 years ago. The event will be live streamed via www.dwu.edu/live. For more info visit, www.dwu.edu/news.