Movie Night at the Schlesinger Library February 3, 2010

Films: 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.

Join the Schlesinger Library for an evening discovering the commonalities between two extraordinary women activists from the early twentieth century. First we'll view an excerpt from the documentary Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice highlighting a few of the many contributions Wells made for social change as an author and newspaper editor. Next we'll watch Jeannette Rankin, the Woman Who Voted No to see how Rankin, the first woman elected to Congress, stood up for her anti-war beliefs.

Guest commentators: A discussion with Marilyn Morgan, PhD, and Emilyn Brown, Manuscript Catalogers, Schlesinger Library, will follow the films.