Haudenosaunee Women’s Influence on The Women’s Rights Movement

Cancelled due to COVID-19 Concerns

Join us March 9th at Ethical NYC for an evening with Gloria Steinem, Sally Roesch Wagner, Jeanne Shenandoah, & Gaeñ hia uh/Betty Lyons.

This event features Indigenous women leaders and non-Native feminist activists highlighting the story of how the Haudenosaunee Confederacy served as the inspiration for early feminists. Speakers include the influential feminist author and activist Gloria Steinem. A fundraiser for the American Indian Law Alliance and the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, the event launches the Gage Foundation’s “Matilda Effect Project”, writing women who have worked for peace and social justice back into history.

OUR PANELISTS

• Gloria Steinem, writer, lecturer, political activist, and feminist organizer.
• Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner, Executive Director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation.
• Jeanne Shenandoah, Onondaga Nation Eel Clan Traditional Medicine Keeper.
• Gaeñ hia uh/Betty Lyons, Onondaga Nation, Snipe Clan, Executive Director of the American Indian Law Alliance.

EVENT DETAILS

• Date: March 9th, 2020
• Time:
  • VIP: 6:00-6:45PM
  • Event: 7:00-9:00PM
• Place: Ethical NYC, 2 West 64th Street New York, NY 10023
• Tickets:
  • VIP $200
  • Event & autographed copy of Sally Roesch Wagner’s The Women’s Suffrage Movement: $75
  • Event: $50.

SPONSORS

• American Indian Law Alliance
• American Indian Community House
• Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation

• ➡︎ Visit Matilda Effect for more information.
• ⬇︎ Download the event poster

Posted by:Adam DJ Brett

I am International Research Specialist with the American Indian Law Alliance and I hold a Ph.D. in religion from Syracuse University.