{"id":209,"date":"2017-11-29T17:31:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T17:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/lisle\/?p=209"},"modified":"2017-12-30T17:49:37","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T17:49:37","slug":"ithaca-college-students-save-womens-suffrage-celebration-at-the-lisle-free-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libraries.4cls.org\/lisle\/2017\/11\/29\/ithaca-college-students-save-womens-suffrage-celebration-at-the-lisle-free-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Ithaca College Students Save Women\u2019s Suffrage Celebration at the Lisle Free Library"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ithaca College Students Save Women\u2019s Suffrage Celebration<\/h1>\n

By: Breana Cacciotti, originally published on 11\/16\/2017 <\/p>\n

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One hundred years ago, women in New York State won the right to vote. Five Ithaca College students recently saved the centennial celebration of that historic event in the town of Lisle, where the first women in the state voted.<\/p>\n

Former Lisle Free Library historian Carol Gorham had planned to create informational materials for the commemoration, but unexpectedly passed away over the summer, leaving the event in jeopardy. Library board member Katharine Kittredge<\/a>, an English professor at Ithaca College, wanted to help save the celebration.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs a member of the women’s studies faculty at IC, I felt it was especially important that this anniversary was properly acknowledged,\u201d Kittredge said. \u201cWe thought about this as an educational opportunity and not just a celebration, creating something that could stay in the library and help inform people about this particular historical place.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

She reached out to students interested in women\u2019s history and graphic design, who then stepped in to bring the centennial celebration back to life. The team of students, led by Naomi Hanson \u201919, included Alexandria Paul \u201919, Clare Nowalk \u201920, Julianne Grillo \u201920 and Jackie Marusiak \u201921. They had just one month to prepare.<\/p>\n

The students took over many of the important roles for the event, including researching the history of women\u2019s suffrage in New York and gathering images from the local archives to design educational posters and pamphlets.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe tried to make history accessible for the whole audience so it was something people would be able to engage with,\u201d Hanson said. \u201cThat was one of our biggest goals \u2014 to make history engaging and exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Historians who came to the Oct. 21 event praised the students for the professional quality and accuracy of their work. Kittredge commended the team for their hard work and dedication to the project, since it wasn\u2019t done for course credit or recognition, but for their love of history.<\/p>\n

\u201cI liked being able to have a problem that wasn\u2019t for a class and engaging with it on a different level,\u201d Hanson said. \u201cIt was a good taste of the professional work you can do as a historian.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For original article, please visit: <\/em><\/p>\n

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