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In this illustrated lecture, Jane Kamensky, professor of history and the Pforzheimer Foundation Director of the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, uses seven jewels from the library’s collections to tell fresh stories of American history in the 20th century and look ahead to the 21st.
Topics will include women’s rights and civil rights, the sexual revolution and the remaking of the American family, and the actions and activism of American women abroad from World War II to the present day.
Reception 6 PM, lecture 7 PM