Defining Women’s Legacy Symposium

As we celebrate Women’s History Month in the year of America’s 250th anniversary, IPPH invites you to the Defining Women’s Legacy Symposium!

This free, in-person event will bring together experienced and next-generation leaders for a day of shared discovery through facilitated conversation and original vodcasts.

We’ll learn about five path-breaking women who shaped Washington, D.C. and America across the 19th century: Alethia Tanner, Elizabeth Keckley, E.D.E.N. Southworth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Mary Todd Lincoln. In dialogue with renowned scholars and policymakers, we’ll reflect on how the rich legacy of women’s leadership in D.C. and beyond speaks to us today, and how it empowers us to imagine the future of our nation — and our own potential to shape it.

Our speakers:

• Sharon Pratt: Former Mayor of Washington, D.C. and founding Director of the Institute of Politics, Policy & History.

• Michael Steele: MS NOW’s The Weeknight Co-anchor; former RNC Chairman; and former Maryland Lt. Governor.

• Cassandra Good, PhD: Associate Professor of History at Marymount University; author; and historian of American Politics, Gender, and Culture.

• Tamika Nunley, PhD: William & Sue Gross Professor of History at Duke University; author; and historian of African-American Women’s and Gender History.

Each ticket includes continental breakfast and boxed lunch. Complimentary parking provided.

Supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Deadline to register is Tuesday, March 24.