This Virtual Panel Discussion looks at the Erie Canal and how ideas on women’s rights, suffrage, and the quest for social justice spread because of it.
Presentation by:
– Janine Waller, 250th Commemorative Fellow, Cultural Resources Office of Interpretation and Education
Introduction by:
– Dr. Tracey Ritchie, Vice President of Education and Engagement at the National Park Foundation
Moderator:
– Andy Kitzmann, Assistant Director, Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor
Panelists:
– Jennifer Gabriel, Executive Director, National Women’s Hall of Fame
– Michelle Schenandoah, Oneida Nation (Wolf Clan)
– Debbie Stack, Director of Special Projects, PBS WCNY
– Paul Stewart and Mary Liz Stewart, Co-founders, Underground Railroad Education Center
– Judith Wellman, Ph.D., Principal Investigator, Historical NY Research Associates
– Dr. Tracey Ritchie, Vice President of Education and Engagement at the National Park Foundation
Floating Ideas: How the Erie Canal Helped Shape America examines the spread of ideas along the Erie Canal, with an emphasis on women’s rights, suffrage, and the quest for social justice. The film threads together movements to end slavery and secure women’s right to vote. Themes include: the influence of the Haudenosaunee on suffragists like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Matilda Joslyn Gage; the women left out of the suffrage narrative who faced voting barriers despite the passage of the 19th Amendment; and expanding opportunities for women today. The documentary was produced by WCNY for the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor with funding support from the National Park Foundation, the National Park Service, and the New York State Canal Corporation.
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