NEW ULM – The Brown County Historical Society invites the public to attend “Equality at the Ballot Box: Votes for Women in Minnesota (and the Northern Great Plains)” Saturday, March 29th at the New Ulm County Club. Lunch at 12 pm with the program to follow at 1 pm.

In 1920, with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, women citizens in Minnesota acquired the right to vote in all elections. While the amendment excluded Indigenous women who did not hold US citizenship, most women in the state earned the franchise.

In this presentation, Professor Lori Ann Lahlum will discuss the winding history of woman suffrage in Minnesota.

Minnesota had an opportunity to become the first state with woman suffrage in 1870. It’s also important to remember that women did have some suffrage rights in the nineteenth century: school elections and later for library boards. Professor Lahlum will also compare the suffrage situation in Minnesota regionally and nationally.

This program is made possible with support from the Marjorie F. Gislason speaker series sponsored by Dan and Nancy Gislason.

The event is open to the public. Tickets must be purchased in advance; tickets will not be available at the door.

Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at the New Ulm Chamber of Commerce and at the Brown County Museum through the deadline of Friday, March 21. For more information, call the BCHS at 507-233-2616 or email education@browncountyhistorymn.org. Check out the BCHS on Facebook, Instagram, and on the website: www.browncountyhistorymn.org