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. 

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