2019 Fall Symposium
Join us in commemorating the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that granted women the right to vote.
Sponsored by OLLI, Global Perspectives: The Winter Lecture Series, and the League of Women Voters of Lincoln-Lancaster County, the program will feature scholars from the University of Nebraska and other institutions, as well as Nebraska women in elected office. Hear about the history of the struggles for women’s suffrage; the impact of women in elections over the past century, as well as women’s involvement in elective office; and the status of women’s rights on a global scale.
The symposium is on Saturday, Oct 19, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., at Nebraska Innovation Campus, 2021 Transformation Drive. The $20 fee includes lunch. The registration deadline is Friday, Oct 11. This event is open to the public. OLLI membership is not required.
Keynote Speaker:
Rhoda Howard-Hassmann, professor emeritus, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario
Dr. Hassmann will address international human rights with a special focus on women and women’s suffrage. Dr. Hassmann has written several significant books and articles on international human rights, including women’s rights. She was also a consultant for the creation of UNL’s undergraduate program in human rights.
Panelists:
Leslie Working, adjunct instructor, History, Union College, Lincoln
Dr. Working will provide a history of women’s suffrage in the United States. Her dissertation “Having Been Born Locomotive: Women, Mobility, Progress and Activism” addresses the ways increasing mobility of nineteenth-century Americans impacted female activists’ ideas about women’s lives and how their assertion of women’s right of access to new technologies made travel to Western spaces a possibility for female reformers. She has taught at Ball State University, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Union College and UNL.
Katrina Jagodinsk, the Susan J. Rosowski Associate Professor of History, UNL
Dr. Jagodinsky will address the effects women have on politics in the U.S., especially in the last 30 years – since the women’s movement and other nations. Women voters are a diverse group and it should not be assumed their votes represent shared interests. The diversity within women’s engagement in politics, an issue we are seeing come to a head national and one that will be important in the 2020 election.
Lou Ann Linehan is a current State Senator elected to represent the 39th Nebraska legislative district since 2016. In addition, she has served as a deputy principal officer; pillar director; deputy team leader; deputy assistant secretary; U.S. Department of State; and chief to staff to U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel. She serves on the Education, Nebraska Economic development Task Force and Revenue committee.
Patty Pansing Brooks is a current State Senator representing Nebraska’s 28th legislative district. She was elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018. Prior to her legislative experience, she served as senior policy counsel/aid to then-Lincoln mayor Chris Beutler; general legal counsel for Spence Title Insurance Company; and served on the Lincoln-Lancaster County Commission on the Status of Women.
DiAnna Schimek had a diverse career in public service, but most notably as the representative for the 27th Nebraska legislative district from 1988-2008. Throughout her years in the legislature, Schimek served on various committees including: Government; Military and Veterans Affairs; Urban Affairs; and Business and Labor.
Anna Wishart is a freshman State Senator, representing the 27th Nebraska legislative district since 2017. She served on the Lincoln Airport Authority board of directors. She is a policy consultant for Beyond School Bells, a group that advocates for after school and summer school programming across the state. Senator Wishart is also a former staffer for state Senator Rick Kolowski of Omaha.
Day/Date: Sat, Oct 19
Registration Deadline: Fri, Oct 11
Time: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. (Doors open at 8:30 a.m. for check-in.)
Location: Nebraska Innovation Campus, 2021 Transformation Dr.
Cost: $20 includes lunch. Cancellation after the registration deadline will be non-refundable. Please contact the OLLI office if you have specific dietary restrictions.
Register Online:
https://cehs25.unl.edu/wconnect/ace/quickpick.awp
Register by telephone: 402-472-6265