Speakers Bureau Speaker
Janolyn Lo Vecchio, Tucson
Janolyn Lo Vecchio is a historian and writer who researches Arizona women’s history.
She has spoken at community events throughout Arizona as well as state and national history conferences. Her award-winning publications focus on Arizona women politicians, pioneer Arizona businesswomen, and the struggle by western women to serve on juries. She is the author of two books on pioneer Arizona businesswomen.
Presentations are suitable for high school as well as adult audiences
1921-1945: The Struggle of Arizona Women to Serve on Juries
While the battle of women to achieve the right to vote is well known, the struggle by women to serve on juries is far more obscure. Few people know, for example, that women were once barred from serving on juries. This presentation explores women jurors nationally, United States Supreme Court decisions barring women jurors, and the twenty-four year legislative lobbying campaign by Arizona women to serve on juries.
From Kitchen to Congress: Pioneer Arizona Women Politicians
Three political races during 1913-1950 foreshadowed the election of Arizona women to Congress in 1932 and governor of Arizona in 2000. In this presentation, explore how the race for office at the county and state levels, three women, C. Louise Boehringer (1913 candidate for Yuma County Superintendent of Schools), Emma Guild (1922 candidate for United States House of Representatives), and Ana Frohmiller (1950 candidate for Arizona governor), proved Arizona women could be viable political candidates. Audiences will explore the history of these three political campaigns, and their nationwide impact on politics.
Pioneer Arizona Businesswomen
Arizona has a rich history of pioneer businesswomen in professions ranging from hotel owners, lawyers, physicians, optometrist, mortician, radio station owner, boarding house owner, insurance agent, architect, pharmacist, newspaper owner, and more. These women worked in cities throughout Arizona such as Yuma, Flagstaff, Kingman, Phoenix, Mesa, Coolidge, Globe, Tucson, Casa Grande, Douglas, Tombstone, and Nogales. This presentation includes an overview of businesswomen throughout Arizona, discusses their contributions to the communities in which they lived, and how they helped shape Arizona’s history.
