11:00 a,m. Women's History Month Program: Katharine Dexter McCormick, A Pioneer for Women’s Rights
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Brighton Public Library
USA
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Janice Karlovich
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Public Presentations
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About this event
Open to Public. Free. 11:00a.m.-noon. An In-person program at Brighton District Library. Registration requested. Click event title for registration button.
Katharine Dexter McCormick was born in 1875 at Gordon Hall in Dexter, Michigan, a mansion owned
by her grandfather and founder Judge Samuel Dexter. Although she was born into a world of
privilege with many intellectual talents, McCormick’s life was not without its significant challenges.
Many of the issues to which she devoted her life remain controversial and are still under attack, such
as birth control, sex education, abortion, and equal pay for equal work.
This remarkable woman was a driving force in the battle for the passage of the 19th Amendment
giving women the right to vote, the formation of the League of Women’s Voters, the creation of
Planned Parenthood, and the development of the birth control pill. McCormick stepped forward
when others were afraid to act, and her unflagging fidelity to the cause made possible the social,
political, and scientific achievements that today mark the difference between misery and opportunity
for millions of women.
The presentation of Katharine Dexter McCormick’s impactful life as an important scientist,
humanitarian, and lifelong champion of women’s rights, will provide inspirational patterns for
women of today and tomorrow.
The program will be presented by Shirley Jackson, an active member of the Dexter Historical Society,
the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and president of the League of Women Voters of
Livingston County