BOOK TALK WITH MEGAN TAYLOR SHOCKLEY

Creating a Progressive Commonwealth:
Women Activists, Feminism, and the Politics of Social Change in Virginia,
1970s–2000s

Wednesday, March 20, 2019 from 12:00 PM–1:00 PM
Conference Rooms
Free

In honor of National Women's History Month, author Megan Taylor Shockley
will speak about her new book, *Creating a Progressive Commonwealth: Women
Activists, Feminism, and the Politics of Social Change in Virginia,
1970s–2000s*. This innovative study illustrates how feminists in the state
challenged the traditional patriarchal system and engaged directly with the
legislature through grassroots educational efforts on three major
initiatives: passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, protection of abortion
rights, and pursuit of legal and social rights for survivors of domestic
and sexual violence. Shockley challenges the monolithic view of the region
as a conservative bastion and argues that feminist advocates have provided
crucial social progressive force. A research professor of history at
Clemson University, Shockley, is also the coauthor of *Changing History:
Virginia Women Through Four Centuries*, published by the Library of
Virginia. A book signing will follow the talk. For more information, contact
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