Month: November 2014

The Lake of the Woods Democratic Club will hold its annual Christmas luncheon at noon on Dec. 2 at the Bonefish Grille restaurant in Central Park.

The cost is $30 per person, including tax and gratuity. Checks should be in by November 25 made out to Anne Boyd and mailed or dropped off at her house at 710 Gold Valley Road. Her telephone number is 972-0674. The checks may also be collected by Chris Carr at the Nov. 20 meeting.

Participants will have a choice of oak grilled salmon, chicken marsala or Maryland crab cakes. The choice of entree need not be made until the day of the luncheon.

New officers for next year will be introduced at this meeting.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights…”

— Declaration of Sentiments
Seneca Falls, N.Y., Convention
1848

The nationwide movement to make women the equal of men in all aspects of public life began in Seneca Falls, N.Y. in 1848 continues today with renewed interest in the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.

The Lake of the Woods Democratic Club will review the history of the Women’s Suffrage Movement at its meeting at 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 20 in the LOW Community Center. Club member Diane Sibley will lead the program.

There will be a short film, discussion and refreshments.

Everyone is invited to participate, regardless of political affiliation.

The links below are useful for those who want to familiarize themselves with the history of the Suffrage Movement in the United States:

• The Fight for Women’s Suffrage — The History Channel
• Women’s Suffrage Timeline — National Women’s History Museum
• Women’s Suffrage — Crash Course in U.S. History (video)
• “Ain’t I a Woman?” — Sojourner Truth