Woman Suffrage Movement Program on Facebook Live

Woman Suffrage Movement Program on Facebook Live

Roseburg, OR – The community is invited to the Facebook Live streaming event “Registration, Education, and Voting: Black Women and Voting Activism in Oregon 1913-1916” on Thursday, November 19 at 6:30 p.m. The live stream will be presented on the Roseburg Public Library’s Facebook page. The speaker is Dr. Kimberly Jensen of Western Oregon University, and the program co-sponsors are the Roseburg Public Library, the Douglas Education Service District and League of Women Voters of Umpqua Valley.

Dr. Jensen, Professor of History and Gender Studies, is working on a new book about Oregon women, citizenship and civil liberties from 1913-1925. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in women’s and U.S. history and is a board member of the Oregon Women's History Consortium.

A Facebook account is not required to view the program. To view the live stream, please go to www.facebook.com/roseburglibrary.

Speaker questions may be submitted before the event to Kris Wiley at kwiley@cityofroseburg.org or 541-492-7051. Alternately, viewers who have a Facebook account may post questions during the event by commenting on the Facebook Live stream.