Join Dana Barret for a presentation exploring how Reno, the business, political, and social hub of Nevada in the early 20th century, became central to the debate over granting women the right to vote in the state.

Both the suffragists and the anti-suffragists launched their organizations in Reno and focused their efforts here. Dana will review both sides of that hotly contested question. Dana will introduce the Reno residents who engaged on both sides of the suffrage battle, and will visit the Reno homes and buildings where suffrage was the main topic of conversation.

Dana grew up in Old Southwest Reno before it was known as the Old Southwest. After graduating from Reno High School, she left for colleges and career moves, but often returned to live in her hometown. She was an early member of the Historical Reno Preservation Society and loves to reminisce about the Reno she remembers. Dana and her husband live in Midas, Nevada, where she is the President of Friends of Midas, the town's historic preservation organization.

This event is part of the Historic Reno Preservation Society’s second Sunday speaker series, a monthly series of presentations on subjects of local historical interest. Registration is required.