Votes For Woman - The Long Road to the 19th Amendment – and the Women (and Men) Who Got Us There. Presented by Elizabeth Kahn Kaplan - hosted by the Farmingdale-Bethpage Historical Society & the Cultural Arts Committee of the Village of Farmingdale.

Passed by Congress June 4, 1919 after unprecedented efforts of women in each state, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted all American women the franchise by prohibiting federal and state governments from denying citizens the right to vote “on account of sex.” Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle; victory took decades of agitation and protest. Most of us know the names of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony, but there are others to whom we owe our thanks, including at least one influential resident of Farmingdale, Abigail E. Leonard.

Mrs. Kaplan, an educator, writer, and lecturer, has written curriculum guides for the New-York Historical Society and for Stony Brook University. She has presented programs at George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens and at the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. This entertaining yet informative talk, being held at Farmingdale Village Hall, 361 Main St. on Sunday March 22nd at 2 PM, will provide insight into the social, political, and economic efforts of determined women across four generations – and the men whose objections were overcome to turn them into influential supporters.

Free to attend, no registration required, first come … Information: (516) 249-0093, ext. 204, www.farmingdalevillage.com