An Educational Forum Series

Together the League of Women Voters and Sewall-Belmont House & Museum in Washington, DC, present a series of educational forums in 2007-08 entitled, The Changing Faces of Power: Women in Politics.  The three-part series explores the hard-fought journey of women through America’s political system.  Forum speakers will give an insider’s perspective on the impact and challenges of women as voters and activists, candidates, and office holders.  

Each forum will be moderated by Eleanor Clift, Contributing Editor at Newsweek, and feature a panel of prominent individuals discussing the history, experiences, and trends related to each topic.  Panelists will include current women office holders, past candidates, and thought leaders from the think-tank, academic and political arenas.    

Each event is 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Sewall-Belmont House & Museum, located on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, with light refreshments served.  

Both the League and the Sewell-Belmont House were born of the fight for women’s suffrage.  Both recognize the value in examining the evolution of women in the American political process, and the prospects for the future.  The forum series is particularly timely, given the recent developments of the first female Speaker of the House and the first female presidential candidate in reach of winning the White House.