Herkimer, N.Y. — Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) women fired the revolutionary vision of early American feminists by providing them with a model of freedom at a time women experienced so few rights.
That was the basis of a lecture Sally Roesch Wagner, executive director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation and author of “Sisters in Spirit,” delivered to Herkimer County Community College’s Gender Studies program on Thursday. During her presentation, she recounted the struggle for freedom and equality waged by women in the United States and documented the influence and inspiration Native American women gave to their social movement.
Ready to celebrate 100 years of International Women’s Day? Mimi Kennedy and Sally Roesch Wagner will be kicking off the 100 Women of Destiny Tele-Retreat on March 1 at 8:00 PM (EST)! Join us and other women from around the globe at the Tele-Retreat which runs from March 1st through March 31st. Find out more information here: http://bit.ly/fi3PDr
Matilda Joslyn Gage came to life for 23,000 people at the 2009 Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, Calif., Oct. 16. The audience of 3,000 at the Marin Convention Center were joined by another 20,000 people watching the webcast in satellite conferences around the country as Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner, Executive Director of the Gage Foundation, spoke Gage’s words of peace and social justice in character.
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