Women Speaker Series
In light of the 100th anniversary of the Women's Suffrage Movement, the Museum will host a Women Speaker Series. This year-long lecture series brings various experts to the Museum where they will discuss topics about women in the arts, history and culture. Lectures are free and open to the public.
Women Speaker Series
Speakers, Dates and Topics
Thursday, January 23 | 6:00 PM
Liz Publika, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of ARTpublika Magazine
Topic – The Art of Curiosity
Thursday, February 6 | 6:00 PM
Xavia Harrington, Instructor in Teaching at University of Southern Indiana
Topic- Erasure: Within the Margins Then & Off the Page Now
Thursday, March 26 | 6:00 PM
Katie Waters, Emerita Professor of Art at the University of Southern Indiana and Active Artist
Topic – Picture This: The Art of the Suffrage Movement
Thursday, May 7 | 6:00 PM
Summer El-Khodary, Founder of Cultural Communications
Topic – Living as a Women Visibly of Color or Religion (Panel Discussion)
Thursday, April 16 | 6:00 PM
A local panel discussion with female attorneys who were the first in their roles
Topic- Women in the Law: Breaking Ground
Thursday, July 30 | 6:00 PM
Dr. Alan Kaiser
Topic – Archaeology and Scandal: The Adventures, Accomplishments, and Secrets of Mary Ellingson
Thursday, August 13 | 6:00 PM
Karen Chapman-Shank, Executive Director, Wayne County Historical Society
Ashley Jordan, Executive Director, African American Museum
Mary Bower, Executive Director, Evansville Museum
Topic – Women Executive Director Panel Discussion
Thursday, August 27 | 6:30 PM
Roberta Heiman, Retired Evansville Journalist
Topic- Votes for Women-and Then What?: The Untold Story of Evansville’s Suffrage Movement
Thursday, September 10 | 6:30 PM
Dr. Denise Lynn, Associate Professor of History, University of Southern Indiana
Topic- Battle for the Ballot: The Long National Fight for Women’s Suffrage
Thursday, September 17 | 6:00 PM
Diane Kahlo, Artist and Women Activist
Topic – Femicide in the Juarez Desert
Thursday, October 8 | 6:00 PM
Soreyda Begley, Fashion Designer
Topic – The Daily Fight against Injustice
Thursday, October 22 | 6:30 PM
Melissa Gentry, Map Collection Supervisor, Ball State University Libraries’ GIS Research and Map Collection
Presented in partnership with the Vanderburgh County Historical Society
Topic-From Seneca Falls to Seymour and South Bend: Mapping Indiana’s Suffrage History
Thursday, November 12 | 6:00 PM
Catherine Huff, Coordinator of Exhibitions and Permanent Collections at the High. Juror of the 60th Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum
Topic – Women of the High Museum’s Permanent Collection
Saturday, November 14 | 2:00 PM
Amber Gowen, Archivist, Vanderburgh County Clerk’s Office
In conjunction with: History Celebration: A Coming Together of Organizations from the Tri-State
Topic- Stories and personalities of the people involved with the suffrage movement in Evansville.