Join the Utah Historical Society for afternoon tea with Lavanya Mahate, founder of Saffron Valley and Rise Culinary Institute. We’ll have a delicious small meal and Mahate will share her story as an immigrant and woman in the food industry. This event requires a $10 ticket, purchase here.

Guests may arrive for conversation and networking at 3:00 pm. Afternoon tea will begin at 3:30 pm with remarks from Lavanya Mahate, restaurateur, chef, and founder of RISE Culinary Institute. After the tea, feel free to stop by the Utah Historical Society table for more information about Women’s History Month.

All ticket proceeds support RISE Culinary Institute.

Join us for a garden party celebrating the new Rose Park Women’s Mural! We’ll have music, food, and speakers honoring women who have shaped Salt Lake’s westside communities.

The mural was completed by local artist Bill Louis, who grew up in the Glendale neighborhood. He based his design on dozens of community submissions and nominations! Full bios for each woman featured in the mural will be available on utahwomenshistory.org on the day of the unveiling.

Hosted in cooperation with our community partners, Wasatch Community Gardens and NeighborWorks Salt Lake.

Special thank you to our sponsors at the Utah Division of State History, Utah Division of Arts & Museums, and the Salt Lake City Arts Council!

Sterling M. McMurrin Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Utah, Dr. Colleen McDannell, and Better Days co-founder, Neylan McBaine sit down to discuss McDannell’s book Sister Saints: Mormon Women Since the End of Polygamy.

The Iosepa Historical Association is unveiling a National Votes for Women Trail marker honoring Hannah Kaaepa at the Iosepa Cemetery on August 27. The Historical Association says: “At 11:00 AM we will have a program and unveiling. It will be followed by a potluck lunch and wala'au. A good time to share our mo'okuauhau, mo'olelo, and pictures or just to learn still another success of the Iosepa saints. Some family names: Kaaepa, Kaluhila'au, Lowe, Kaina, Kawaa, Huihui, Kauhi, Kalehuloa . . . The plaque is a recognition by the National Coalition for Women's History and the William C. Pomeroy Foundation as a part of the Champions of Change - 25 Women Who Made History national campaign. We are so blessed to have one of our own. We have a descendant who will share her story. We hope you can join us!”

Our historians Katherine Kitterman and Rebekah Clark are featuring Martha Hughes Cannon for the State Historical Society’s speaker series. Dr. Cannon blazed trails as a frontier doctor, suffragist, public health reformer, and the first female state senator in the nation. When she spoke at the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago, one newspaper commented that she was “one of the brightest exponents of the women’s cause in the United States.

We’ll discuss Dr. Cannon’s unique opportunities and challenges in her work to reform public health and advance women’s rights, and contextualize her involvement with the national suffrage movement and women’s political organizing in the early years of Utah statehood. They’ll also share details about the statue of Dr. Cannon that will be installed in the U.S. Capitol later this year as Utahns mark 125 years of women in public office.

Register here to get the Zoom link!

Join Better Days and the Morgan County Historical Society on Wednesday June 22 at 4pm as we unveil our new marker to commemorate the women of Morgan who organized and petitioned for women’s suffrage 133 years ago. 

The sign is a part of the National Votes for Women Trail, which has been funded by the Pomeroy Foundation in partnership with the National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites and Better Days.

The sign is located just outside of the Morgan Library and Historical Society office., 50 W. 100 N. in Morgan. We will have a brief program and light refreshments.

Hope to see you there!

Neighborhood House and Better Days invite you to a marker dedication for Emma McVicker on the National Votes for Women Trail. A suffragist, educator, and advocate for women and children, McVicker became the first woman in Utah’s executive branch of government when she served as the State Superintendent of Schools in 1900. She founded Neighborhood House to provide job training, English classes, and childcare for working women – and the institution continues to provide quality, affordable child and elder care today.

It’s time to celebrate Emma’s work for equal suffrage and the thousands of Utah women who joined in the cause!

Utah State Superintendent of Public Instruction Sydnee Dickson will speak, as well as representatives from Neighborhood House and Better Days. Neighborhood House’s preschool graduation will immediately follow. The event is outdoors.

Sarah M. Kimball, A Woman's Rights Woman

https://www.utahwomenshistory.org/bios/sarah-m-kimball/

Mary Willis Martin Critchlow, Founder of the YWCA Utah

https://www.utahwomenshistory.org/bios/mary-willis-martin-critchlow/

Esther Landa, Women's, Children's, and Anti-Nuclear War Activist

https://www.utahwomenshistory.org/bios/esther-landa/

Elizabeth Pugsley Hayward, Legislator, Delegate, and Advocate for Children's Rights

https://www.utahwomenshistory.org/bios/elizabeth-pugsley-hayward/

Esther Eggertsen Peterson, Labor, Commerce, and Women’s Rights Advocate

https://www.utahwomenshistory.org/bios/esther-eggertsen-peterson/

Jennie Froiseth, A Passionate Suffragist and Anti-Polygamist

https://www.utahwomenshistory.org/bios/jennie-froiseth/

Becky Lockhart, First female Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives

https://www.utahwomenshistory.org/bios/becky-lockhart/