Wednesday April 23, 2025
4-5:30pm ET / 3-4:30pm CT / 2-3:30pm MT / 1-2:30pm PT

with Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner & Wakerahkats:teh Louise Herne, Condoled Mohawk Bear Clan Mother

Join us in learning the untold history of the early women’s rights movement, the influence of Indigenous women on its agenda, and the ways the movement slowly eroded into a fight for the suffrage of upper-class white women only. By understanding this history, we can step into the unfinished work of solidarity, bringing together women from across lineages to fight for the healing of the Earth and all her people.

As one of the first women’s studies doctorates in the country, Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner unearthed the woefully unacknowledged impact of Indigenous cultures on the women’s rights movement. Through her research, Dr. Wagner documents how the early vision of “women’s rights” was not conjured from thin air. Rather, it was sparked by the very real example of Haudenosaunee society, in which women enjoyed political power, bodily sovereignty, custody of their children and property, and satisfying work. In witnessing a culture so antithetical to European patriarchy, early activists had the fuel they needed to start a movement – but ultimately, women of color and abolitionist agendas were left behind.

We are thrilled to have beloved leader and friend Mommabear Wakerahkats:teh Louise Herne bringing in her powerful insights and foundational grounding from Haudenosaunee matrilineal knowledge. In the movement for land justice and decolonization, let us continue the unfinished work of sisterhood and solidarity against colonial and patriarchal control. Join us in study and dialogue with Dr. Wagner and Wakerahkats:teh Louise Herne – and don’t miss the follow-up conversation on May 7!