The Real Story of American Women’s Enfranchisement

Featured Speaker: Melissa Jones, M.A.

The journey toward American women’s
enfranchisement, spanning the late nineteenth
century into the early twentieth century, was
persistently defined by a spirit of female courage,
perseverance and loud mobilization. Through this
lecture, you will learn about the activists who
lived this movement through two general lenses:
first, through the stories of individual suffragists
themselves; and second, through the greater
narratives of the movement at the state and national
levels, as well as within communities of color.
Presenter: Melissa Jones is Associate Director

Presenter Biography

Melissa Jones is Associate Director
of the Women’s Museum of California, where
she has worked in various capacities for nearly a
decade. She has a B.A. in history from Sonoma
State University and a masters in International
Relations from Kingston University in London.

Coordinator: Anne Haule