Chapman Law Review would like to thank everyone who contributed to our 2020 Annual Symposium: 1920-2020: The Effects of Women’s Suffrage 100 Years After Ratification of the 19th Amendment. The 2020 Symposium offered a moment to reflect on the 19th Amendment, analyze women’s rights today, and exchange ideas and hope about the role of women moving forward.

We kicked off the Symposium with a Panel on the History of the Suffrage movement. Dr. Susan Goodier from SUNY Oneonta and Dr. Kate Clarke Lemay from the Smithonian’s Institute’s National Portrait Gallery discussed their new book, Vote for Women: An American Awakening. The panelists focused on the originals of the suffrage movement, and the impact of the ratification of the 19th Amendment.

The Honorable Leslie Abrams Gardner of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia gave a compelling keynote speech. Click here to watch Judge Gardner’s speech.

Our second group of panelists examined the ongoing challenge to voting rights, not only for women, but for all marginalized groups. Steven J. Mulroy, Dr. Jean Schroedel, and Daniel Tokaji offered insight regarding key challenges and solutions to violations of voting rights across the United States today.

Our final group of panelists discussed some of the issues that paralleled the women’s suffrage movement in the past by addressing current gender inequalities today. Leigh Creighton Bond, Dr. Lori Cox Han, Jane Stoever, and Monika Taliaferro shared their unique insights into the obstacles of gender inequality, and ways to move beyond these obstacles on a local, state-wide, and national level.

Thank you again to everyone who showed up to discuss the history and future of women’s rights. We look forward to our 2021 Symposium!