Celebrating the East End Women's Suffrage Leaders

In celebration of
the 100th anniversary of a major South Fork suffrage rally in East
Hampton in August 1913, and in commemoration of Women’s Equality Day on August
26, when the Women’s Suffrage Amendment became law in 1920, the League of Women
Voters of the Hamptons invites the public to hear historian and League member
Arlene Hinkemeyer speak on “The Suffragist Movement in East Hampton, Sag Harbor
and Southampton: Women Work for the Right to Vote.”

The program takes
place on Monday, September 9, 7 p.m. at Bridgehampton’s Hampton Library, 2478
Main Street.

Ms. Hinkemeyer’s
illustrated talk, which she was asked to research and give in March 2013 for
the East Hampton Historical Society’s Winter Lecture Series, covers the
gripping story of not only the leaders of the 70-year struggle in the nation,
but also the inspiring work of Mrs. Thomas L. (May Groot) Manson, Mrs. Russell
(Margaret Slocum) Sage, and Mrs. Edward P. (Lizbeth Halsey) White who led the
movement in East Hampton, Sag Harbor and Southampton, respectively, in the
1910’s, to win passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920.

Refreshments will be
served at the beginning of the meeting. Further information is available from
the League at www.lwvhamptons.org or
631-324-4637, or the Hampton Library at 631-537-0015.