Women in the Classroom virtual event

 If you missed this event last week, here is the link to the recording for the Women in the Classroom virtual event.

https://youtu.be/vRykXPQqet8

October Historical League meeting on Zoom

President Susan Dale conducts meeting

Zoom Historical League meetings are becoming the norm and are very effective. With 37 people attending Mondays event, President Susan Dale has managed to keep the group moving forward with plans, tours, fundraising and events. AHS Marilyn Murphy informed us that AZHC is ready to welcome guest back and will open with limited hours Tuesday, Oct 13 from 10 am - 2 pm. https://arizonahistoricalsociety.org/2020/10/01/ready-to-welcome-you-back-on-october-13/

The license plate has sold more in the past two months than all of 2019 with $17 of each sale going directly to AHS. Marilyn reminded us how important documenting our volunteer hours are for AHS as the hours go into 990 forms, annual reports and grant funding.

AHS Marilyn Murphy

Women in the Classroom: The Life of Maria Urquides Online

Women in the Classroom: The Life of Maria Urquides Online Event
Tuesday September 29th, 2020
6:00 - 7:00 pm
Registration Link: https://bit.ly/3blWdaG 

The Arizona Historical Society welcomes you to attend Women in the Classroom with speaker Jan Cleere. Join the conversation about Maria Urquides, “the mother of bilingual education in Arizona.” Urquides’ teaching career launched her humanitarian efforts towards educational equality. During the early years of her career, she was forced to forbid students to speak in their native language. Angry with the injustice, Urquides decided to change the landscape of teaching non-English speaking children.

Jan Cleere is the author of five award-winning historical nonfiction books detailing the lives of early pioneers who first ventured into the desert southwest. She is a Roads Scholar with Arizona Humanities lecturing around the state about settlers who were instrumental in colonizing and civilizing the territory. Jan also writes a monthly column for Tucson’s Arizona Daily Star newspaper, “Western Women.” Her next book, From Reveille to Taps: Military Wives on the Arizona Frontier, will be released in March 2021.

This program is being held in conjunction with the Arizona Heritage Center's exhibit, Still Marching: From Suffrage to #MeToo.

Steve Schumacher author and guest speaker at September meeting

 A large group assembled for Sept Historical League Zoom meeting to hear guest speaker and author of many historical papers Steve Schumacher present "Phun Phoenix Phacts". Fascinating and very enjoyable!

Peterson Family photo: when sleeping outside, the legs of the bed are placed in coffee cans containing kerosene to prevent "critters" from crawling up.

1885 lithograph: a birds eye view of Phoenix

1869 statistics: Geronimo alive

Family Holiday Party postponed

 Plans for the Family Holiday Party December 2020 at Phoenix Theatre have been postponed due to Covid-19. Stay tuned for updates.

September Meeting on Zoom

 Historical League September meeting was another successful ZOOM gathering. Kudos to President Susan Dale for bringing so many of us together to learn news of the League and Arizona Heritage Center at Papago Park. Director Tawn Downs informed us the Center is part of Phase II and hopes to re-open Tuesday, Oct 16. Hours 10 am - 2 pm. No more than 20 in a room at a time. Glad to see we are moving forward!

Women’s Equality Day: Suffrage Roundtable Virtual Event

 Women’s Equality Day: Suffrage Roundtable Virtual Event

Wednesday, August 26 - 6:00 - 7:30 pm AZ/PT
Join the Arizona Historical Society on Wednesday, August 26 for a very special virtual program commemorating Women’s Equality Day. 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote nationally. For the first time ever, we are bringing 6 authors together (virtually!) to talk about the history of women’s suffrage. Moderated by Heidi Osselaer, author of Winning Their Place: Arizona Women in Politics, 1883-1950, historians Kif Augustine-Adams, Sara Egge, Shannon Risk, Rachel Gunter, Karen Pastorello will share their perspectives and research. Together we will discuss women’s suffrage, Arizona history, and where we go from here. Bring your questions for the Q&A and conversation.

Be sure to read the roundtable in the new Journal of Arizona History Summer 2020 issue online at Project MUSE (https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/766). Available free August 1-31.

Free event but registration is required. 

Register: https://bit.ly/39HNxuo
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