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Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (1989) and Jeannette Rankin, The Woman Who Voted No (1982)
Followed by a discussion with Marilyn Morgan and Emilyn Brown, Manuscript Catalogers, Schlesinger Library
6 p.m., Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe College Room, 10 Garden Street, Radcliffe Yard, 617-495-8647
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (1989), directed by William Greaves, and Jeannette Rankin, The Woman Who Voted No (1982), directed by Susan Cohen Regele
Along an “Activist and Pacifist” theme, we present a discussion about each leader and excerpts from each of the programs. Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice profiles her passionate struggles against lynching and segregation and for women's rights and suffrage. The program features Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison reading from Wells' memoirs. Other highlights include commentary by historians and descendants of Wells and archival photographs. Jeannette Rankin, The Woman Who Voted No tells the story of Jeannette Rankin from Montana, who was the first woman elected to Congress and the only member to vote against American entry into both world wars. The film includes interviews with friends, relatives, and historians, as well as original newsreels and photographs.
