By 1837, Lydia Maria Child and other female abolitionists--Black and white--had been organizing against slavery for years. But as the movement grew, conservative clergy became uncomfortable with women's leadership and published a "Pastoral Letter" urging them to cease their efforts. The women's refusal caused the abolitionist movement to splinter and left the "Woman Question" unanswered, setting the stage, three decades later, for tensions around the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment.

Join us as Lydia Moland, Professor of Philosophy at Colby College, discusses her recent publication Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life. This event will take place on March 16 in room E51-095 at 4:30pm.

This event is made possible by the collaboration between MIT History, Philosophy, and the Women & Gender Studies Program.