Bold Women. Change History.

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  Bold Women. Change History. The Exhibit

  Bold Women. Change History. is a memorable and telling story of how Colorado’s voters became America’s first to extend voting rights beyond men on November 7, 1893. The exhibit highlights topics that are especially resonant during this presidential election year, like grassroots organizing, the influence of news outlets, and racism in political advocacy. Visitors to this intimate display will gain a newly informed perspective on the significance and power of the right to vote.

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History Colorado will be holding a gathering of scholars, researchers and those who are curious to explore how women’s history is found in unexpected places. The Bold Women. Change History. Symposium will be held on February 26, 2022 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm at the History Colorado Center.

The Symposium is open to the public and will provide a forum for sharing new research, interpretation, and representation on topics in Colorado women’s history. Speakers will discuss how new discoveries in women’s history are often found in unexpected places and through non-traditional techniques.

The goal of this event is to inspire people from all walks of life to approach women’s history through a broader and more critical lens, to challenge its iconic narratives and myths, and to examine the intersections of race, gender, socio-economic conditions, religion and citizenship in women’s history. 

Keynote Presenter:

Dr. Karen Roybal is an assistant professor of Southwest Studies at Colorado College. She is the author of Archives of Dispossession: Recovering the Testimonios of Mexican American Herederas, 1848-1960 (University of North Carolina Press, 2017) and New Transnational Chicanx Perspectives on Ana Castillo, co-edited with Bernadine Hernández (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021).

In her keynote address, Dr. Roybal will be discussing Archives of Dispossession in which she drew on “a diverse source base-legal land records, personal letters, and literature” in order to locate “voices of Mexican-American women in the Southwest" and "how they fought against the erasure of their rights, both as women and as landowners.”

Call for Proposals

Have a proposal for a panel at the Bold Women symposium? Topics are open and proposals are sought on all subject matters. Submit your proposal, with abstract and description of topics, using this form. The deadline for proposal submissions is November 30, 2021.
 

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