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In celebration of the 150th anniversary of women’s suffrage, the Northwest College Women in the West course is hosting the second event in its “Women in the West” speaker series. …
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In celebration of the 150th anniversary of women’s suffrage, the Northwest College Women in the West course is hosting the second event in its “Women in the West” speaker series. It’s set to begin at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in NWC’s Yellowstone Building Conference Center.
This presentation will focus on Wyoming women in agriculture. Two local Wyoming women will present on their experiences. Beryl Churchill, author of “Dams, Ditches and Water: A History of the Shoshone Reclamation Project,” will focus on women’s involvement in agriculture during the homesteading days. Shelly Neff, a fifth generation woman rancher in Wyoming, will talk about her grandmother’s and mother’s experiences on ranches.
Both women are actively working in agriculture today — Churchill with Churchill Farms and Neff with Heart Mountain Valley Ranch — and will talk about the multiple roles of women in present-day agriculture.
The next presentation, which will take place some time in November, will be on Wyoming women in the military. The culminating event will be Dec. 10 at 7 p.m., also in the Yellowstone Building Conference Center.
Dec. 10 marks the exact date suffrage was signed into law in Wyoming. Presentations that day will feature students in the Women in the West class, who will use archival collections from the University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center. Audience members will vote on their favorite presentation and that student will win $150.
Wyoming is celebrating its 150th anniversary of suffrage and the Wyoming Office of Tourism has declared 2019 the “Year of Wyoming Women.” Northwest College Associate Professor of History Amy McKinney — who’s teaching the Women in the West course — received a grant from the Heritage Center to use its collections and is including a special focus on Wyoming women and suffrage this semester.
All events are free and open to the public. Area residents are encouraged to help celebrate Wyoming’s rich history of suffrage. For more information, contact McKinney at amy.mckinney@nwc.edu or call 307-754-6008.
