November 15/Indianapolis: Indianapolis Women Working for the Right to Vote: the Forgotten Drama of 1917 #MCLE

Following the passage of Maston-McKinley Suffrage Bill, in the fall of 1917, between 30,000 and 40,000 Indianapolis women registered to vote. The bill, passed earlier that year, granted women the right to vote in municipal elections, school elections, liquor matters, and constitutional convention elections. While the bill did not grant women the right to vote in presidential and state elections, this “limited suffrage” gave them a significantly amplified voice in the public realm.
William Knight, an Indianapolis lumber company owner, quickly filed a lawsuit claiming the legislature did not have the right to extend their voter base through these means. Both the Marion Superior Court and the Indiana Supreme Court ruled in favor of Knight and women lost their right to vote.
Title:
Indianapolis Women Working for the Right to Vote: the Forgotten Drama of 1917
When/Where:
Thursday, November 15, 2012
3:00 - 4:30 pm
Indiana Supreme Court
315 Indiana State House
200 W. Washington Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Registration will be completed at the door.
Credit:
1.5 hours
Speaker:
Jennifer Kalvaitis
By:

• Indiana Supreme Court
• Indiana Commission for Continuing Legal Education

More:
http://www.in.gov/judiciary/citc/3572.htm