Brent Tarter, "On Equal Terms With Men"
In Commemoration of the Ratification and Adoption of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the Richmond Public Law Library is hosting a month long program of events, including the library’s Suffragists’ You Tube videos, memorabilia and book displays, showings of Woman’s Suffrage DVDs, music, talks, book signings, and more.
On August 26, 2021, Virginia historian Brent Tarter will deliver "On Equal Terms With Men," discussing Virginia's role in the Women's Suffrage Movement and why Virginia did not adopt the 19th Amendment until 1952. A Question and Answer session will follow his remarks. He will be available to sign two of his books, Virginians and Their Histories and The Woman's Suffrage Campaign in Virginia.
Brent Tarter is a retired historian and editor at the Library of Virginia, a founding editor of the Library's Dictionary of Virginia Biography project, the author of numerous articles in scholarly journals about Virginia history, and the author, co-author, editor, or co-editor of sixteen books, including The Grandees of Government: The Origins and Persistence of Undemocratic Politics in Virginia; A Saga of the New South: Race, Law, and Public Debt in Virginia; and Gerrymanders: How Redistricting Has Protected Slavery, White Supremacy, and Partisan Minorities in Virginia.
- Date:
- Thursday, August 26, 2021
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:00pm
- Location:
- Gellman Room - Main Library
- Categories:
- Author Visit Book Discussion Civic Life Law Lectures & Talks
Meldon Jenkins-Jones is the Richmond Public Library / Community Services Manager at Hull Street Branch Library.
Meldon also chairs the Get Lit Advisory Committee which supports the Richmond Public Library Get Lit Reading Initiatives including the Black Male Emergent Readers (BMER) program and the Lit Chicks Read book clubs.
Meldon is a graduate of the Leadership Metro Richmond Class of 2022. She was the first recipient of the Virginia Library Association (VLA) Librarians of Color Forum Award in 2021 and is an active member of VLA. She presented “Libraries Bringing Community Together” at the 2023 VLA Annual Conference.
In 2011, Meldon received her Master of Library and Information Studies from Florida State University. She received her Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University School of Law—Newark and practiced law in New Jersey until her retirement in 2003. Meldon received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she studied African American Studies and Russian Civilization.
A Metro Richmond resident, Meldon is the mother of two adult children and enjoys spending time with her grandchildren.
