Webinar

Women, Civic Participation, and the Legacy of the Nineteenth Amendment

Wednesday, December 16, 2020
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Speakers
Lucy Gettman

Executive Director, Women in Government

Rachel B. Vogelstein

Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow and Director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider
Irina A. Faskianos

Vice President for National Program and Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations

from State and Local Webinars

Lucy Gettman, executive director of Women in Government, and Rachel B. Vogelstein, senior fellow and director of the Women and Foreign Policy Program at CFR, discuss the importance of women's contributions to civic engagement and representation in government

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