Historic Trailblazers

In a series of talks and special features, Dr. Farina King will discuss the experiences and efforts of Native American women who emerged as public intellectuals, leaders, advocates, and activists since the late nineteenth century in the United States and North America. She traces the stories and lives of Indigenous women who supported and advocated for human and civil rights for their peoples through generations into the recent eras of women's suffrage movements, including the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920.

Features of the Series:

• Cherokee Seminarians such as Rachel Caroline Eaton, Cherokee Historian and Educator, and Isabelle Cobb, Cherokee Physician and Rancher

• Yvonne Chouteau and The Five Moons, Tracy Sudduth’s documentary

• Mary Golda Ross, Native American Female Engineer

• Betty Mae Tiger Jump, Seminole Leader featuring Kylie Mckinney’s student research

• Annie Dodge Wauneka, Navajo Public Health Leader

• Native American Suffragists and Civil Rights Activists of the Twentieth Century

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