Who was Florence Brooks Whitehouse? Well, she was from Maine. Considered a radical. And she was a key player in the women suffrage movement.
Join us in celebration of the 100th year of women winning the vote and the legacy of Florence Brooks Whitehouse! We're offering two events in October that will feature Anne B. Gass and her book, Voting Down the Rose: Florence Brooks Whitehouse and Maine's Fight for Woman Suffrage. Both events are in collaboration with Curtis Memorial Library.
We encourage you to purchase or check out the book from your local library ahead of both events. You can use MaineCat, the state library catalogue, to find a copy. Click here to get started!
Voting Down the Rose is a lively account of Maine native Florence Brooks Whitehouse’s efforts to win women voting rights in the decisive final years of the campaign, 1914-1920. Considered radical for picketing the White House, Florence helped win women suffrage against a backdrop of conservative views of women’s roles, political intrigues, WWI, and the 1918 influenza epidemic.
Anne is the great-granddaughter Florence Brooks Whitehouse. You can purchase the book or borrow it from your local library in advance of the discussion.
This lecture is presented on Zoom. Registration is not required. Click HERE to join.