Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Herkimer, N.Y. — Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) women fired the revolutionary vision of early American feminists by providing them with a model of freedom at a time women experienced so few rights.
That was the basis of a lecture Sally Roesch Wagner, executive director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation and author of “Sisters in Spirit,” delivered to Herkimer County Community College’s Gender Studies program on Thursday. During her presentation, she recounted the struggle for freedom and equality waged by women in the United States and documented the influence and inspiration Native American women gave to their social movement.
