Encounters: From Suffrage to Election
Thursday October 15, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Zoom Event hosted by: Connecticut’s Old State House
Following the passage of the 19th amendment, thirty-four women ran for office; five were elected to Connecticut’s General Assembly in 1920. Since that time, the number of women serving in elected office has risen steadily. Why are the numbers of elected women still low in comparison to their percentage population? How does gender balance impact legislative decisions? Join us for a small group discussion on these issues.
Visit the event page for a link to register: https://democracyanddialogues.dodd.uconn.edu/2020/09/21/10-15-encounters-from-suffrage-to-election/
About the Encounters Series: The Encounters Series, a program dedicated to fostering unexpected conversations around divisive issues and obscure knowledge, began in Spring 2017 with the sponsorship of the Humility & Conviction in Public Life project, the Hartford Public Library (Hartford History Center), and the Wadsworth Atheneum (The Amistad Center for Art & Culture).
Encounters dives deeply into the subjects that are of interest to the Greater Hartford community through facilitated, small-group dialogues followed by a "question and answer"-style conversation with UConn faculty and community partners. Readings are provided beforehand to better encourage informed and informal dialogue within conversations that often prove to be polarizing, and thus unproductive.
For more information, contact: Democracy and Dialogue Initiative at dialogues@uconn.edu