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EVENT CANCELLED: WestportREADS: Transcribe Suffrage Documents

March 28, 2020 @ 9:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT

Explore the personal papers of leading suffragists like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton while preserving their words for future generations. Participants will be helping the Library of Congress transcribe the handwritten letters and daily documents of the women demanding to vote to type. Computers and some training will be provided at each event. A guide will be posted online shortly, as well.

This event occurs twice:
Thursday, March 26 from 3-5 pm in the Board Room (210) at the Library
Saturday, March 28 from 9:30 am- noon at the Center for Senior Activities, 21 Imperial Avenue

For more information about the Library of Congress campaign: https://crowd.loc.gov/topics/suffrage-women-fight-for-the-vote/

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Date:
March 28, 2020
Time:
9:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT
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Westport Center For Senior Activities
21 Imperial Ave
Westport, CT 06880 United States
20 Jesup Road
Westport, CT 06880
203.291.4800

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