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Pre-Conference Lecture

Friday, March 23, Tennessee State University (Boswell Auditorium) Driving Directions

12:30-1:30 p.m.  Samuel Shannon Distinguished Lecture

                        “Sisters: Heroines of Votes for Women”

                         Speaker: Dr. Jean H. Baker, The Bennett-Harwood

                         Professor of History, Goucher College

Saturday, March 24, Tennessee State University, Downtown Campus (Driving Directions)

8:00-8:30 a.m.    Registration Packet Pick-up/Continental Breakfast

8:30-10:00          Session I

10:15-11:45        Session II

12:00-1:30          Luncheon, Keynote Address, and Awards

                         “Writing Lives: Biography as History"

                         Dr. Jean H. Baker*

1:45-3:15            Session III

3:30-4:15            Advisors' Meeting

*The keynote speaker for the Saturday luncheon will be Dr. Jean H. Baker, a professor of history at Goucher College. Dr. Baker is the author of several awarding-winning books, including Sisters: The Lives of America's Suffragists, Affairs of Party: The Political Culture of Northern Democrats in Mid-Century America, and Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography. A nationally-renowned scholar, Dr. Baker will kick off the pre-conference festivities on Friday, March 23 at 12:30 p.m., as the Sam Shannon Lecturer. The lecture, which will be held on the main TSU campus, is open to the public.