Short Skirts, Oh My! History of Women's Rights with Anne Barnett

When Abigail Adams begged her husband to "remember the ladies" in drafting a new code of laws, John wrote back that he "could not but laugh" at her extraordinary suggestion.  Less than 150 years later, women were working, voting, and experiencing the first taste of freedoms unheard of just a generation earlier. This lecture traces the exciting social and historical milestones in the fight for women's rights. 

This program is generously sponsored by the Family Friends of the Billerica Public Library.