BLANCHARDVILLE — The Blanchardville Public Library, 208 Mason Street, will host a program on the women’s suffrage movement on Jan. 16.

Most American women won the right to vote in 1920 with the ratification of the 19th Amendment. What did it take for women to gain this fundamental freedom and how did Wisconsin women and their male allies help the cause? 

Tracey Lee Roberts, historian, will discuss this fascinating and complex Wisconsin story which culminated in bringing greater equality to American society.

Roberts is a retired Senior Lecturer Emeritus from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. She researches and writes on a variety of topics related to Midwestern History from the 18th through 20th centuries. She is currently writing a biography of Henry Dodge, the first Territorial Governor of Wisconsin and working with the Collections Team at the Galena and U.S. Grant History Museum.