{"id":28282,"date":"2019-12-14T05:30:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T11:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=28282"},"modified":"2019-12-14T00:29:44","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T06:29:44","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-2020-betty-joe-wallace-memorial-lecture-to-feature-expert-on-19th-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2019\/12\/14\/austin-peay-state-university-2020-betty-joe-wallace-memorial-lecture-to-feature-expert-on-19th-amendment\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University 2020 Betty Joe Wallace Memorial Lecture to feature Expert on 19th Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-324279\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Austin-Peay-State-University-APSU.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" width=\"250\" height=\"64\"\/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; At 4:00pm on March 26th, 2020, Paula F. Casey, a 19<sup>th<\/sup> Amendment expert, will give the 2020 Betty Joe Wallace Memorial Lecture in rooms 303-305 of the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Morgan University Center. Casey particularly focuses on the 72-year struggle for women to be included in the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_476034\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Dr.-Betty-Joe-Wallace.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-476034\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-476034\" title=\"Dr. Betty Joe Wallace\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Dr.-Betty-Joe-Wallace-480x329.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Betty Joe Wallace\" width=\"480\" height=\"329\"\/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-476034\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Betty Joe Wallace<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>She will speak on \u201cTennessee\u2019s Superb Suffragists,\u201d spotlighting the women who organized across the state as well as those men who were allies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2016 Casey published the second edition of \u201cThe Perfect 36: Tennessee Delivers Woman Suffrage,\u201d a book written by Carol Lynn Yellin and Dr. Janann Sherman. She produced \u201cGenerations:&nbsp; American Women Win the Vote,\u201d a 12 minute DVD that covers the 72-year struggle for American women to win the right to vote.<\/p>\n<p>She is the co-founder of the Tennessee Woman Suffrage Heritage Trail (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tnwomansuffrageheritagetrail.com\" >www.tnwomansuffrageheritagetrail.com<\/a>). She also helped edit the upcoming book, \u201cWhy Can\u2019t Mother Vote?&nbsp; Joseph Hanover and the Unfinished Business of Democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Casey is working to get monuments to the suffragists raised across Tennessee. She served as president of Tennessee Woman Suffrage Monument, Inc., and was primarily responsible for the fund-raising for the monument that was unveiled on August 26th, 2016, in Centennial Park.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TN Woman Suffrage Dedication\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nB0oCWXcn-U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>She served on the committee for the city of Jackson\u2019s statue of Sue Shelton White, the only Tennessee woman jailed fighting for suffrage, which was unveiled on May 25th, 2017, in front of Jackson\u2019s City Hall. She chairs the Memphis Suffrage Monument committee for the \u201cEquality Trailblazers\u201d monument to be unveiled in March 2020.<\/p>\n<p>A reception for Casey will be held immediately after her presentation.<\/p>\n<p>[320left]The Betty Joe Wallace Memorial Lecture is co-sponsored by the APSU Department of History and Philosophy and the APSU Women\u2019s and Gender Studies Program. A champion of minorities\u2019 and women\u2019s rights, the late Professor Betty Joe Wallace pioneered and taught African American history and Women\u2019s history courses at Austin Peay State University for nearly 30 years.<\/p>\n<p>She founded both the African American Studies Program and the Women\u2019s Studies Program. In 1989, the faculty honored her service by presenting her with the Distinguished Professor Award. Between 1965 and 2004, Wallace also trained hundreds of history and social studies teachers who served throughout the area.<\/p>\n<p>For more about Paula F. Casey visit her website at:&nbsp; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=http-3A__www.paulacasey.com&amp;d=DwQFaQ&amp;c=pFsveJJPHV1MuWVdwlSI7Q&amp;r=T2lAfRk9owWdrObH6X9SpQ&amp;m=QN2ZFTsMm5rC7wRvyQqB3IKJpsahPIlnTa5urdjx0P8&amp;s=0HoPjs45wWMMFN7GPrzFIgwsZa-1EyzdDTcNFVRROnA&amp;e=\" >www.paulacasey.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; At 4:00pm on March 26th, 2020, Paula F. Casey, a 19th Amendment expert, will give the 2020 Betty Joe Wallace Memorial Lecture in rooms 303-305 of the Austin Peay State University (APSU) Morgan University Center. 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