The Golden Lane

Thursday, June 16
Lee Auditorium, Missouri History Museum, Lindell and DeBaliviere in Forest Park
7 p.m.

On June 14, 1916, a group of men inside the Jefferson Hotel ate breakfast and met with their committees in preparation for the Democratic National Convention in St. Louis. Outside the hotel, thousands of women quietly took their places along both sides of Locust Street. They stood shoulder to shoulder, each one in a dress that brushed the pavement, shading herself with a yellow parasol and wearing a yellow sash that read “Votes for Women.” The all-male delegations may not have had a comfortable walk down the Golden Lane, but they were moved to add women’s suffrage to the national platform. Join Margot McMillen, author of The Golden Lane: How Missouri Women Gained the Vote and Changed History, for an accessible history of a privilege too often taken for granted. Books will be available for purchase.