"Ahead of Her Time: Women's Suffrage in Idaho" screening & discussion

Name: "Ahead of Her Time: Women's Suffrage in Idaho" screening & discussion
Start: 2025-09-09T16:00:00-07:00
Location: University of Idaho Library

Schedule

Tue, 09 Sep, 2025 at 04:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

University of Idaho Library | Moscow, ID

Join the Latah County Historical Society and the University of Idaho Library for a screening of the Idaho Public Television documentary short “Ahead of Her Time: Women’s Suffrage in Idaho,” followed by a discussion facilitated by Dr. Rebecca Scofield. The screening will begin at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, September 9th, in the second-floor classroom at the University of Idaho Library.
In 1896, the state constitutional amendment granting suffrage to the women of Idaho was confirmed by the state Supreme Court, a full 24 years before the 19th Amendment extended the right to vote to women nationally. “Ahead of Her Time” tells the story of the trailblazers who worked to make Idaho the fourth state in the nation to grant women’s suffrage.
Rebecca Scofield is an associate professor and the chair of the Department of History at the University of Idaho. She specializes in American studies and the history of gender and sexuality in the American West and earned her Ph.D. in American Studies from Harvard University.
This event is free and open to all. The University of Idaho Library is located at 850 S Rayburn St in Moscow.
This presentation is held in conjunction with the Smithsonian traveling exhibit, “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America,” on display at the University of Idaho Library until October 3rd. “Voices and Votes” is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and state humanities councils nationwide. It’s tenure at the University of Idaho is made possible by the Idaho Humanities Council and is based on a larger exhibition by the National Museum of American History. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress.