FORMIDABLE: An Author Talk with Elisabeth Griffith

Join author Elisabeth Griffith for a conversation and book signing for her work Formidable: American Women and The Fight for Equality 1920-2020.

“An essential history to the one-hundred-year struggle between 1920 and 2020 by both Black and white women in America to achieve their equal rights.” -Hillary Rodham Clinton

Dr. Elisabeth Griffith integrates the fight by white and Black women to achieve equality. Previously their parallel struggles for social justice have been presented separately—as white or Black topics—or covered narrowly, through only certain individuals, decades, or incidents.

Formidable provides a sweeping, century-long perspective, and an expansive cast of change agents. From feminists and civil rights activists to politicians and social justice advocates, from working class women to mothers and homemakers, from radicals and conservatives to those who were offended by feminism, threatened by social change, or convinced of white supremacy, the diversity of the women’s movement mirrors America.

Both engaging and outraging, Formidable propels readers to continue their foremothers’ fight to achieve equality for all.

The conversation with Elisabeth Griffith, moderated by Jennifer Dixon-McKnight, will center the history of women’s rights in the United States: the struggles, successes, and where we are today. A book signing will begin immediately following the conversation.

Copies of Formidable: American Women and The Fight for Equality 1920-2020 are available to purchase in advance when purchasing your admission ticket and onsite at the event.

Please note: An American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter will be present.