The League of Women Voters of Massachusetts (LWVMA) and Suffrage100MA presented a Women’s History Month Celebration on Tuesday, March 28 at the Gloucester Stage Company in Gloucester.
The evening event included a screening of Suffrage100MA’s film, “The Fight for Women’s Suffrage: Looking Back, Marching Forward.”
Attending the Women’s History Month Celebration are, clockwise, from left, Fredie Kay founder/president of Suffrage100MA; Elizabeth Foster-Nolan, president, and Pattye Comfort, executive director, both of the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts; Debra Dagwan, LWV Cape Cod/Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition; Susan Garvey, director of development, LWVMA and Gloucester Stage Co.; and Jeanne Morrison, Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition board member.
The screening was followed by a panel discussion, “The Work Continues!”, moderated by Pattye Comfort, executive director of LWVMA, with panelists Cheryl Clyburn Crawford, executive director of MassVOTE; Sasha Goodfriend, executive director of Mass NOW; Fredie Kay, founder and president of Suffrage100MA; and Nicole McClain, founder and president of the North Shore Juneteenth Association.
There was also a featured exhibit, “Tower of Strength: Black Women of the Suffrage Movement” presented by North Shore Juneteenth Association.
Event co-sponsors included local chapters of LWVMA, Massachusetts Women of Color Coalition (MAWOCC), and North Shore Juneteenth Association.
ABOVE: Pictured are, from left, Pattye Comfort, executive director, LWVMA; Nicole McClain, founder/president of North Shore Juneteenth Association; Sasha Goodfriend, executive director, Mass NOW; Cheryl Clyburn Crawford, executive director, MassVOTE; and Fredie Kay, founder/president of Suffrage100MA.
Pictured are, from left, Pattye Comfort, executive director, LWVMA; Sasha Goodfriend, executive director, Mass NOW; Nicole McClain, founder/president, North Shore Juneteenth Association; Cheryl Clyburn Crawford, executive director, MassVOTE; and Fredie Kay, founder/president, Suffrage100MA.
LEFT: The exhibit “Tower of Strength: Black Women of the Suffrage Movement” by North Shore Juneteenth Association was displayed at Gloucester Stage during Women’s History Month Celebration.
