uthor and women’s rights activist Dr. Elisabeth Griffith discussedAmerican women and their fight for equalityFebruary 23 as part of the Spring 2023 James and Mary Clare Sczepaniak Endowed Lecture Series.
In this lecture, Griffith spokeon her book “Formidable: American Women and the Fight for Equality, 1920-2020.”It provides a sweeping, century-long perspective and an expansive cast of change agents in the fight by white and Black women to achieve equality
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