About Dr. Wagner

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Sally Roesch Wagner

 109 Avondale Place Syracuse, NY 13210

315-727-8816  http://www.sallyroeschwagner.com 

CURRICULUM VITAE

Sally Roesch Wagner

109 Avondale Place

Syracuse, NY 13210 

315-727-8816

http://www.sallyroeschwagner.com

Founder and Executive Director, The Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, Inc. and Matilda Joslyn Gage Center for Social Justice Dialogue (2000-2013, May 2016-present)

Founding Director, Girl Ambassador for Human Rights Program, Gage Foundation (2012-2014)

Adjunct Faculty, The Renée Crown University Honors Program, Syracuse University (1999-present) 

Lecturer, California State University Sacramento, Women and Gender Studies (2022) 

Adjunct Faculty, St. John Fisher Executive Leadership Program (2016-2019); Consultant (2020-2021)

Public Scholar, Humanities New York (2015-2018)

ACADEMIC TRAINING

Ph.D., History of Consciousness (Women’s Studies). University of California, Santa Cruz. 1978.  Dissertation: “That Word is Liberty: a Biography of Matilda Joslyn Gage.” One of first doctorates awarded in the country for work in women’s studies.

B.A. and M.A., Psychology. California State University, Sacramento.  1969 and 1974.

ACADEMIC RECORD

Syracuse University. Adjunct Faculty, Honors Program, Cross-listed courses in Women’s and Gender Studies and Native American and Indigenous Studies. 1999-present.

St. John Fisher Executive Leadership Program, Syracuse Campus, Faculty, 2016-2018.

Marcellus Sabbatical Grant, Central New York Community Foundation Award, 2012.

Jeanne K. Watson Women’s Studies Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities, Syracuse University. Winter/Spring 1997.

University of California, Davis.  Research Affiliate, Women’s Resources and Research Center. Spring 1986-1999.

Distinguished Visiting Professor, State University of New York at Plattsburg. Winter 1991.

Nebraska Legislative Academy for Youth Leadership.  Faculty. August 1990 and 1991.

California State University, San Francisco and University of California, Davis.  Lecturer, History and Women’s Studies. 1987-1988.

National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for College Teachers.  Recipient. 1986.

Chair, Women’s Studies Department.  Mankato (MN) State University. 1984-1985.

Mankato State University, Assistant and Associate Professor. 1983-1984.

Lecturer, Women’s Studies, History, Sociology and Psychology.  A founder of the women’s studies program, California State University, Sacramento. 1970-1976, 1978-1982. 

This was one of the first programs in the country and created the first minor in women’s studies.

HONORS

Women of Distinction, New York State Senate, 2020.

Successful Business Women Award for Higher Education, Syracuse Business Journal News Network, 2017. 

“21 Women Leaders for the 21 Century,” Women’s E-News, 2015.

Aberdeen Central High School Hall of Fame. Aberdeen, South Dakota, 2014.

OHA Medal. Onondaga Historical Association award for long, outstanding and meritorious service to local history. Syracuse, NY, 2014.

Excellence in Research Award. Women’s Empowerment Group, Cazenovia College, Cazenovia, NY, 2014.

Protestor of the Year Award, JERK Magazine. Syracuse University student opinion magazine, 2013. 

Katherine Coffey Award. Mid-Atlantic Association of Museums for outstanding service to museology, 2012.

Peace Action Award Peace Action of Central New York, 2012.

Notable Career Contributors to Social Science, from a Clearly Feminist Perspective.  Men’s Studies Association of National Organization of Men Against Sexism, 2011.

Women of Distinction Leadership Award. Girl Scout Council of Central New York, 2009. 

Citizen of the Year for History. Fayetteville (NY) Chamber of Commerce, 2006.

Academy of Diversity Achievers. Syracuse YWCA, 2004.

The Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for 2002-2003 for Young Adults. South Dakota Reading Council, 2003.

Unsung Heroine Award. Central New York National Organization for Women, 1999. 

Humanist Heroine of the Year. American Humanist Association, 1992.

Women of Achievement Award. South Dakota General Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1990.

Citation for work in Women’s History. California Legislature, 1989.

BOARD, COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS

Women’s Suffrage National Monument Council of Advisor, 2022.

National Women’s History Museum Scholars Advisory Council, 2021-present.

Mayor’s Columbus Circle Advisory Commission, 2021-present.

New York State Historian’s 250 Committee, 2020- present.

Governor’s New York Suffrage Centennial Commission, appointee, 2016-2020.

2020 Women’s Vote Centennial Initiative (WVCI), Task Force, 2016-2020..

Women’s Rights Alliance of New York State, Steering Committee, 2017-2020.

New York Cultural and Heritage Tourism Network, Planning Committee, NYS Suffrage Centennial state conferences, 2015-2019.  

IK: Other Ways of Knowing.  Journal of Interinstitutional Center for Indigenous Knowledge and the University Library, Penn State. Editorial Board, 2015-2019.

Skä·noñh: Great Law of Peace Center. Planning Committee, 2012-2015; Academic Collaborative 2017-present.

Syracuse Peace Council. Advisory Board, 2005-2016. 

The George and Rebecca Barnes Foundation, Advisory Board 2010-2015.

1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse. National Advisory Board 2009-2014.

Museums in Conversation 2013 state conference. Planning committee. 2012-2013.

Arizona Women’s Heritage Trail Advisory Board. 2012. 

National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites.  Founding Board member, 2003-2007.

PROJECT DIRECTOR or CONSULTANT

National Women’s Political Caucus, Coalition for Women’s Appointments, The Arts and Humanities Task Force, 2020-present.

National Women’s History Museum, Scholar Advisory Team, 2020-present.

New York Times, The Women’s Suffrage Centennial consultant, 2019-2020.

“The Haudenosaunee Influence on Women’s Rights.” Exhibit Curator, Women’s Rights National Historic Park, Seneca Falls, NY, Fall 2017. 

Adoption Museum, San Francisco, CA, Consultant, 2016.

Turtle Island Learning Circle. Advisor, 2015.

The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum, Inductee Selection Team, 2012-present.

The National Women’s Hall of Fame, Inductee Selection Team, 2012-present.

Matilda Joslyn Gage one-woman show consultant to Mimi Kennedy, 2008-present.

“Rediscovering Dorothy,” Great Plains Production documentary on Matilda Joslyn Gage.  Co-producer, 2004-present.

Onondaga Nation School, Arbiter, Academic Galleria, 2010-present.

“Seneca Falls,” a film by Louise Vance.  Academic Advisor, 1998-2011.

“Sisters in Spirit: Celebrating the Iroquois Women’s Influence on the Early Woman’s Rights Movement” and “She Who Holds the Sky: Matilda Joslyn Gage.” Exhibits curator. Women’s Rights National Historical Park and the Elizabeth Cady Stanton Foundation, Seneca Falls, NY.  Summer 1998 .

“Lakota Women: Keepers of the Nation.” Project Director with Tillie Black Bear.  Curricula poster series for Office of Equal Education Opportunity, South Dakota Department of Education and Cultural Affairs.  1990–1998.

“The Haudenosaunee: Past, Present and Future.” Special Reviewer.  Social Sciences Resource Guide for Grades K-12.  New York State Education Department, 1991.

National Women’s History Project. Consultant. Windsor CA, 1986-1989.

FILM, TV INTERVIEWS (sampling)

“American Oz,” American Experience, PBS, 2021.

“The Wizard of Oz: A homegrown American fairy tale,” BBC’s The Forum. 2021.

Without a Whisper Konnon:kew, a film by Katsitsionni Fox, 2020.

CNN Quest’s World of Wonder, 2020.

CNN Special Report: Women Represented, 2020. 

Weekend Today, WSTM TV, Syracuse, 2018. 

“The Good Mind”, Documentary by Gwendolen Cates, 2015. 

“The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones”. Jak Films (Lucasfilm, Ltd.). 2007. 

“Seneca Falls,” a film by Louise Vance.  Academic Advisor and Interviewee.  1998-2006.

“The Female Influence on the Oz Books.” Interviewed with Gregory MacGuire. The Woman’s Hour hosted by Jenny Murray.  BBC Radio September 28, 2006.

“Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony,” Florentine Films, Ken Burns and Paul Barnes, Producers.  PBS, November 7-8, 1999.

“Elizabeth Cady Stanton Symposium,” panel of historians interviewed for Florentine Films’ Stanton-Anthony film, Seneca Falls, NY, July 17, 1998. CSPAN-2, Aug 12-14, 1998.

“A Declaration of Sentiment: The History of the American Women’s Rights Movement.” Film. Mythic Pictures Limited, Toronto, Ontario. 1999.

“Celebrate ’98.” Film.  Yesterday’s News, Rockport, MA.  1999.

“Seneca Reflections: Celebrating 150 Years of Women’s Rights.” Film.  1998.

“150 Sesquicentennial Special.”  Wisconsin Public TV, 1998.

“One Woman, One Vote.” Film.  PBS Special, Educational Film Center, 1995.

“The Shirley Show.” CTV, Canada.  November 1990.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 

2005-2022 sampling

See also Speaker in the Humanities for the New York Humanities Council (below)

2022 

February

28 “Pioneering Social Reformer Matilda Joslyn Gage and Her Inspiring Legacy,” Syracuse OASIS virtual presentation. 

March 

All month online – Panel in conjunction with Without a Whisper film, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

8 International Women’s Day interview, cheddar.com

17 North End Club, Yale University, online

July

21 “Native American Women and the Suffrage Movement,” League of Women Voters National Webinar

September 

17 “Doctrine of Discovery,” Haudenosaunee Festival, Vestal, NY 

27 “Manlius Most Famous Citizen,” Manlius, NY Public Library

October

13 Keynote, University of North Carolina, Greensboro 

29 “Without a Whisper” film and keynote panel, New York State History and Education Conference

2021 KEY EVENTS

January

9 “Without A Whisper” film viewing and discussion with Louise Herne, 

Alice Paul Foundation, online  

February

9  Lecture, Marymount College, online

11 Book talk, Syracuse PEN women, online  

18 Civic/Electoral Talk with Gloria Steinem, South Dakota Humanities Council, online 

24 “Without A Whisper” film discussion with Louise Herne, Colorado Chautauqua, online

24 “The Haudenosaunee influence on Women’s Rights,” with Michelle Shenandoah, Russell Sage College, online

25 History on the Rocks interview, podcast

March

7  Community Wellbeing Centre, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory, Ontario

8 “Without A Whisper” film viewing and discussion with Louise Herne and Katsitsionni Fox, Clarkson and Potsdam Universities, online

11 “Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation,” Syracuse University Thursday Morning Roundtable, online

17 “Without A Whisper” film viewing and discussion, Sierra College, online

18 “Without A Whisper” film viewing and discussion, National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites, online

25 "Women Voted Here - Before Columbus". Minnesota State University, Morehead, online

29 “Woman Suffrage,” Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, online

30  “Sisters in Spirit : The Native Influence on Women's Rights” with Freida Jacques, Wells College, online

April

1 "Full Equality, Torn Apart," a Elizabeth Cady Stanton/Frederick Douglass performance/scholarly discussion with Charles Pace, Huegonot Museum, online

29 “The Rest of the Story of the Suffrage Movement,” Saratoga Library, online

29 Law Day 2021 Lecture, The Nassau County Bar Association, online

September

14 “Understanding Bias, Discrimination and Violence Against Women/Girls and LGBTI People,” panel, Global Workshop “Challenging Bias Against Women, Girls and the LGBTI Community,'' International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, online

25 “The Haudenosaunee influence on Women’s Rights,” Coming Together: Annual Haudenosaunee Festival, Vestal Museum, Vestal, NY

October

1“ We Want Equal Rights,” From Suffrage to the ERA: Equity, Resilience, Activism.” Seminar. Western New York Women’s Suffrage Centennial Celebration Committee, Daemen College, Buffalo, NY

November

1 "Three Centuries of the Women’s Rights Movement - From Equal Rights to Transforming Society," Fiddick Lecture, University of Evansville, Evansville Indiana

10 “Women’s Studies: Past, Present and Future, 50th anniversary panel, California State University, Sacramento, virtual

10 Lecture, Niagara University, Lewiston, NY, online

2020 KEY EVENTS

January

19 Panelist, “WE INSIST: Setting an Agenda for Future Feminists”, Women’s March event, Seneca Falls, NY

February

14 Keynote, League of Women Voters Centennial Celebration, Woodland, CA

19  Keynote, Women’s Realtor Association, Sacramento, CA

21 Keynote, The League of Women Voters of Metropolitan Tulsa with University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK

March

 BOOK TOUR SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID

2019 KEY EVENTS

January

19 Speaker, Women’s March, Seneca Falls, NY 

March 

8  The Women’s Suffrage Movement book launch panel with Gloria Steinem, Carol    Jacobs, co-President and CEO of the ERA Coalition/Fund for Women's Equality    and Louise Herne, Mohawk Bear Clan Mother, moderated by Jess Bennett, New    York Times Gender Editor 

11  New York Society Library

13 CUNY Graduate School, panel with Betty Lyons, Gaen hai uh, (Onondaga    Nation, Snipe Clan), President and Executive Director of the American Indian    Law Alliance, Julie Suk, Esq., Dean of Master’s Programs and Professor of    Sociology, CUNY, moderated by Sharon Nelson, Founder and CEO,     Civically Re-Engaged Women

15 Teaneck, NJ Library, sponsored by Network for Responsible Public Policy

22 SUNY Potsdam, sponsored by Native American Student Association

23 Akwesasne (Mohawk Nation) Library and Cultural Center

24 Matilda Joslyn Gage Center for Social Justice Dialogue, Fayetteville,

April 

25  Feminist Forum, sponsored by Feminist Majority Foundation, Beverly Hills, CA

May
3 Keynote, NY General Federation of Women’s Clubs annual conference, Syracuse, NY

10  Syracuse Sunrise Rotary Club

11 Beta Phi Mu lunch (Library Science Honor Society) Syracuse University 

22 Ska:Nonh Great Law of Peace Center, Syracuse, NY

June
28 Keynote, Yates County History Center Annual Meeting, Penn Yan, N

July
15 "Are Women People?" The Journey for Voting Rights Teacher Institute, sponsored by Idaho Humanities

August
25 Diversity and Inclusion lecture series, LilyDale Assembly, LilyDale, NY

26 Keynote, Centennial Celebration conference, sponsored by Civically Re-Engaged Women, Saratoga Springs, NY

September
 13 Wesleyan Chapel, Women’s Rights National Historic Park, sponsored by Seneca    Museum

October

4-5 Presenter, South Dakota Festival of the Arts, Deadwood, SD.

6 Speaker, Unity Tourism Conference, SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY

15 Panel, “The Haudenosaunee influence on Women’s Rights”, Syracuse University, NY

November

1 Keynote, with Betty Lyons, “The Haudenosaunee Influence on Women’s Rights”,   Women’s Rights Alliance of New York State conference, Syracuse, NY

11 Visiting Professor Residency, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA

15 Keynote, New York State Women’s Bar Association conference, Seneca Falls,  NY

16 Keynote, with Louise Wakerakats:te McDonald,“Indigenous Matrilineal Culture  and the Feminist Movement: When Women Were the Law,” Feminist  Pragmatist Colloquim, Seneca Falls, NY

December

11-12 Lecture and workshop presenter, International Coalition of Sites of Conscience    exploration of possible Haudenosaunee women memorials, Ganondagan State Historic Site, Victor, NY

14 Keynote, League of Women Voters conference, Appleton, WI

16  Speaker series, Sonoma County Public Library, Santa Rosa, CA

2018 KEY EVENTS 

January 

11  Cazenovia, NY Library

20  Speaker, Women’s March, Seneca Falls

March 

3  Keynote - Daughters of the American Revolution Long Island City annual conference

8  Keynote - Skaneateles Rotary Women's Day 

17  Poughkeepsie Library - Women Voted In New York Before Columbus

19  The Helen W. Guthrie Memorial Lecture, Nazareth College, Rochester, NY

 26  Niagara University 

27  Ska:Nonh Great Law of Peace Center, Syracuse, with Freida Jacques, Turtle Clan    Mother, Onondaga Nation

April 

8  Keynote - NY Women’s Judges Assn., Aurora, NY

18  panel “Native Women”, Sponsored by the American Indian Law Institute, NYC

20  panel, “Designing for Outrage: Inviting Disruption into Public History Exhibitions”, National Council of Public History annual conference, Las Vegas

May

6 Rockwell Museum, Corning, NY

June 

2 “Haudenosaunee Women” with Louise Herne, Mohawk Bear Clan Mother,  Ganondagan Iroquois State Historic Site

August

11 League of Women Voters, Aberdeen, SD

KEY EVENTS 2017

January 

21 Speaker, Women’s March, Seneca Falls, NY

March

2 Thursday Morning Roundtable, Syracuse, NY

9-10  with Jeanne Shenandoah, Eel Clan, Onondaga Nation, Museum of the American    Indian, New York City 

15  Haudenosaunee Influence with Jeanne Shenandoah, part of the UN Commission    on the Status of Women, sponsored by American Indian Law Institute, NYC

31  “Think Tank” symposium, The Pauli Murray Center for History and Social    Justice, Durham, NC

April

15  Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community 

May 

19  Binghamton League of Women Voters - with Freida Jacques, Turtle Clan Mother,   Onondaga Nation

20  Keynote – NY Women’s Bar Assn. annual convention

21  Amagansett NY Free Library “The Rest of The Story of The Suffrage Movement”

June

10  Keynote, NY League of Women Voters annual convention 

17  Athens Cultural Arts Center, Athens, NY 

July

5  Bristol Valley Playhouse, Naples, NY 

August

30  Keynote, Women’s Day – NY State Fair, Syracuse

September 

21 Entrepreneurial Society of Central NY

23  Genesee Country Village Museum, Mumford, NY

24  National Abolition Hall of Fame, Peterboro, NY

October 

16  Clinton County NY Historical Society

27  NY South Central Regional Library Council annual meeting

November

4  Keynote, NY Cultural Heritage Tourism Network annual conference

14-16  National Trust for Historic Preservation annual conference, workshop and tour,    Chicago, with Barbara Lau, Director, Pauli Murray Center and Jennifer    Scott, Director, Jane Addams’ Hull House

KEY EVENTS 2016

January 

26  Kirkland Library, Clinton NY

March 

10  NYC Department of Records and Services

16 Painting Dangerous Memories in Historic Landmarks, panel, NHPC annual conference, Baltimore

26 Rochester NY Public Library

April 

14 Geneva NY Public Library

21 Elizabeth Cady Stanton Foundation, Johnstown NY, lecture with Freida Jacques, Turtle Clan Mother, Onondaga Nation

28  Newark Valley NY Historical Society

October 

7  Keynote, New York Cultural and Heritage Tourism Network annual conference, Seneca Falls NY

November 

19  Keynote, Northern New Jersey NOW annual conference, Lincroft, NJ

KEY EVENTS 2015

January

26 Cultural Awareness Workshop, National Park Service staff from Women’s Rights   National Historic Park and Ft. Stanwix National Memorial

May  

13  Judge, Academic Galleria, Onondaga Nation School  

July 

7 “The Enterprising Spirit of South Dakota Women”, Rapid City, SD Public Library.

8 Consultant workshop with Historic Rapid City, planning the McGillycuddy Historic Home interpretation. 

August

 24  Moderator, Discussion of Suffragette, Focus Film, with film’s director and    screenwriter, NYC

September

24  “Equity” Panel member, Revisiting the Basic Call to Consciousness: Peace, Equity and Friendship, Onondaga Nation. In Conjunction with the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship

25-26 Living History Day Presentation for students and adults. Ganondagan State    Historic Site, Victor, NY

October 

1 Keynote address, “Connecting the Dots: Native Americans, African Americans    and the Women’s Rights Movement”, New York Women’s Suffrage Centennial Conference, Seneca Falls, NY 

KEY EVENTS 2014

March 

5  “Empowered Women, Haudenosaunee influence on the American feminist    movement”, with Jeanne Shenandoah. Aboriginal Student Centre, Wilfrid Laurier   University Brantford Campus. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

18 Keynote address, Women Leadership Awards. California State University,    Sacramento

19 “Activism on Campus in the 1970s.” California State University, Sacramento

28 Keynote, “Looking Back, Guiding Progress”, National Council of Women    Conference, NYC

August  

16 Keynote, Robert Green Ingersoll and the Reform Imperative, Council for Secular    Humanism, Amherst, NY 

November 

2-5 Workshop co-chair, “In Progress Memory Initiatives,” “MEMORY: a Pillar of    Transitional Justice and Human Rights” international conference. Sao Paulo,    Brazil  

13 Keynote, “Spirit of American Women”, Syracuse YWCA annual meeting 

KEY EVENTS 2013

February

 25  The Duns Scotus Lecture, Daeman College, Rochester, NY 

March 

22  Dialogue with Deborah Hughes, CEO, Susan B. Anthony House. Fundraiser    sponsored by 2020: Project Women. Rosendale, NY 

24 Matilda Joslyn Gage performance, with Dream Freedom Revival, Syracuse, NY

27  Women's Programs at the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Rome, NY

April 

11 Women’s Equality Agenda Briefing, Syracuse, NY 

19 Keynote, New York State Political Science Association, Syracuse University 

May 

6 “Elizabeth Cady Stanton Thunders from the Pulpit” Performance, Plymouth    Congregational Church, Syracuse, NY

21  “Museums Connect: Using the Power of Stories to Link Communities and    Cultures”. Panel presentation. American Alliance of Museums annual     convention. Baltimore, MD

September

19  Keynote, Small Museums Luncheon and Panel, “Working with Community to Address Things that Matter Locally,” American Alliance for State and Local    History annual convention, Birmingham, AL

20 Panel chair, “International Collaboration: Extraordinary Benefits” and Online    conference presentation, AASLH  

October

5  “Influence of Haudenosaunee Women”. Legacy Women Institute, Rochester,    NY

18 Panel, “Learn about advertising events and marketing your organization through    storytelling”, Syracuse Neighborhood Action Conference 

22  “Women’s Rights internationally”, The Central New York Council of the Social Studies Annual Professional Development Day, Syracuse, NY. With Girl Ambassadors for Human Rights

24 “Adopting ‘In’: Preserving Iroquois Traditional Community”, with Peter Jemison,   Native American Lecture Series 2, Ganondagan State Historic Site and Nazareth College

KEY EVENTS 2012

April 

21  “Haudenosaunee Influence on Women’s Rights” and “Future of the Women's    Rights Trail” panel, AAUW NY State Convention

August 

16  “History, Land and Meaning", Panel Moderator with Christopher Moore and    Marianne Patinelli.  Paul Smiths College VIC, Paul Smiths, NY.

September  

21 Museum Institute at Great Camp Sagamore, NY.

October 

13 “Matilda Joslyn Gage: Bringing Her into History”. AAUW-NYS District I Fall    Conference with regional League of Women Voters. Hamburg, NY. 

November 28-30. Wisdomthinkers Participant, Syracuse University.

KEY EVENTS 2011

March

1  “100 Women of Destiny “Tele-Retreat with actress Mimi Kennedy  

5  Keynote, “Seneca Women’s Conference” Allegheny-Seneca Nation, Salamanca, NY

October

1 Keynote, “Anthony and Gage: Something to Say to Fertile Feminists Today,” with Deborah Hughes, Executive Director, Susan B. Anthony House, NY State VOX Conference, sponsored by Planned Parenthood 

4  “Matilda Joslyn Gage,” The National Association of Spiritualist Churches    (NSAC) annual convention, Buffalo, NY 

KEY EVENTS 2010

March 

21 Tea and Conversation with Sally,” Unitarian Universalist Church, St. Petersburg, FL.  

April 

20-24.  Women Moving Millions and Women’s Funding Network annual conferences,    Denver. Gage performances and premiere of women’s funding film produced by Gage  Foundation.

May 

14  "Rediscovering Dorothy through the Wonderful Mother of Oz." International Wizard of Oz  Club annual convention, California State University, Fresno. With film producer Carey Graeber.

24  “Matilda Joslyn Gage,” Susan B. Anthony House Lecture series, Rochester, NY.

24  “The Influence of Haudenosaunee Women” with Jeanne Shenandoah. Onondaga    Land Rights Seminar, Syracuse, NY

October 

1  Keynote, General Federation of Women’s Clubs, Mid-Atlantic Region     Conference, Syracuse, NY.

KEY EVENTS 2009

February 

24 Medart Lecture series.  Maryville University, St. Louis, MO

March 

12  “Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass: Equality Beyond Race and    Gender.” Stanton performance With Fred Morsell.  Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA

May 

1  “How to Reinvigorate Historic House Museums.”  Panel member, Historic House   Museum Professional Interest Committee Luncheon, American Association of Museums annual conference, Philadelphia, PA.

10 Commencement Convocation Speaker. SUNY Environmental Studies and Forestry, Syracuse, NY.

Oct 

16-18 Matilda Joslyn Gage performance and panel “Across Differences: The Real Value   of Diversity.”  Bioneers 20th anniversary conference, San Rafael, CA.

KEY EVENTS 2008

January 

30  “The Mother of Oz.” Wednesday Morning Club, Rome, NY

31 Keynote, “Women 4 Women” Annual Legislative Day, Pierre, SD

March 

1 Keynote, “The Iroquois Influence on Early Feminists.” Women’s Leadership Conference “Herstory! 2008,” Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

8 Keynote, "Rescuing Matilda from the Outtakes of History." Gathering of Women   Conference, Journey Museum, Rapid City, SD

April 

2 Keynote, “A Woman for President?” 22nd annual Women’s History Month luncheon, University of Texas at Arlington

June 

21 Panel, “Envisioning Racial and Gender Equality and Inclusion in Women’s Studies Research and Programs: A Continuing Conversation,” National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference, Cincinnati, OH

September 

20 Facilitator, “Gender Equity in Science,” workshop sponsored by Dallas Women’s    Foundation and Texas Instruments, Dallas, TX

21 Keynote, “Sarah and Hillary and Susan B. and Matilda: Revisiting Our History to Renew Our Democracy,” National Network for Educational Renewal Annual Conference, University of Texas, Arlington

25 Keynote, “Changing the World by Growing Who We Are and Knowing What We   Need.” South Dakota Women’s Summit, Sioux Falls, SD 

October

23  Panel, “Feminist History Making,” Feminist Rhetorics for Social Justice     conference, Syracuse University

24 Keynote, “Historical Analysis of Violence Against Women.” White Buffalo Calf   Woman Society conference, Rosebud Sioux Reservation, South Dakota

KEY EVENTS 2007

March 

15  "The Influence of the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) On Women's Rights,” El Dorado Center and Folsom Lake College, Folsom, CA 

27  “Two Women Speak: A Discussion between Traditional Native Knowledge and    Academic Knowledge.” With Freida Jacques, Turtle Clan, Onondaga Nation, SUNY Courtland

October 

14-15  Memorial Lecture, Visiting Scholar Residency, “Elizabeth Cady Stanton Speaks on Religion and Women's Aspirations." University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

November 

15 "How Women Are ‘Erased’ from History—and Overcoming This." Theological    Opportunities Program, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA

KEY EVENTS 2006

February 

28  “Sisters In Spirit: Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Women -- An Inspiration To Early    Feminists”, with Jeanne Shenandoah, Onondaga Nation, Eel Clan, Ithaca College, NY 

March 

2  “Sisters in Spirit: The Iroquois Influence on Early American Feminists." Eastern    Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN.

10-12  Scholar-in-Residence, Women’s Studies Program, University of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff.

31  “Was Matilda Joslyn Gage a Malcontent or Did Susan B. Destroy the Movement?” Susan B. Anthony and the Struggle for Equal Rights Conference, University of Rochester, NY

September 

29-30  Jessie Benton Fremont scholar, Two Rivers Chautauqua, Colorado Humanities    Council, Grand Junction, CO

October 

21  “Oz, Peace, Feminism and War.” Feminism and War Conference, Syracuse    University Women’s Studies, Syracuse, NY.

November 

17  "Celebrating Sisterhood: Women's Role in Tribal Culture" with Lakota authors    Allison Hedge Coke and Susan Power. Oglala Lakota College, Pine Ridge Reservation, SD.

KEY EVENTS 2005

March 

10  “Sisters in Spirit: The Iroquois Influence on Early American Feminists."     University of Arizona, Tucson

June 

2-5  Panels, “The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Influence on the Early Woman’s Rights    Movement” and “Beyond the Stanton-Anthony Paradigm: Decentering the Nineteenth Century Woman’s Rights Movement.” 13th Berkshire Conference on    the History of Women. Scripps College, Claremont, CA

July 

29 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass. Performance with Charles Pace.   Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, Great Basin Chautauqua, Reno, NV.

August 

26  “Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass: Beyond Race and Gender in    the Struggle for Equality.” Performance with Fred Morsell. “Women Win the Vote: 85 Years and Beyond,” National Women’s History Project. Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA.  

28 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass. Performance with Fred Morsell.   Paulsdale, National Historic Landmark birthplace of suffragist leader Alice Paul,    Mt. Laurel, NJ

November 

3 Elizabeth Cady Stanton Performance. American Association of School Administrators, Women Administrator Conference. National Press Club, Washington, DC

19-22   “The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Influence on Early American Feminists,” and    panel, “The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and U.S. Culture.” American Academy of   Religion Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA

LECTURE: 

“THE IROQUOIS (HAUDENOSAUNEE) INFLUENCE ON WOMEN’S RIGHTS”

As Speaker in the Humanities for the New York Humanities Council

2015

March 26  Central New York NOW, Syracuse

April 13 SUNY Orange Newburgh 

April 19  Nunda Historical Society

April 30  Newark Valley Historical Society 

(program suspended in June)

2014

March 1 Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake

March 23 Wyckoff House Museum, Brooklyn 

March 31 Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca

May 11 Unitarian Church Of Barneveld 

(funding for the program suspended until September.)

Nov. 8  Farmington Friends Meeting House, Farmington 

2013

March 16  North Tonawanda Historical Society. North Tonawanda History Museum. (funding for the program suspended until September).

Sept. 13.  Seneca Museum. Seneca Falls

2012   

February 2 Herkimer College

March 11  Buffalo Historical Society

April 26  Mohawk Valley Community College, Rome 

2011

March 26  Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva  

April 1  YWCA, Cortland 

April 14  Herkimer County Community College 

2010

April 18 Big Springs Historical Society and Museum, Caledonia 

June 5  North Tonawanda History Museum, North Tonawanda,

June 20 Howland Stone Store Museum, Sherwood

2009

January 13 Greece Town Hall, Rochester

March 8 Onondaga Historical Association, Syracuse,

April 12 Woodstock Museum, Saugerties

April 23 Niagara County Historical Society, Lockport

May 7 Rockwell Museum of Western Art, Rockwell

August 20 Fort William Henry Museum, Lake George

2008

April 18 SUNY (State University of New York), Potsdam

April 21 Jamestown Community College, Jamestown 

May 8  SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology, Cobleskill

May 15 Niagara County Historical Society, Lockport,

August 24 With Dr. Robert Spiegelman, Iroquois Museum, Howes Cave 

2007

March 6 AAUW, Bath (NY) Branch.

June 3 With Dr. Robert Spiegelman, Iroquois Museum, Howes Cave

LECTURE: “MATILDA JOSLYN GAGE: BRINGING HER INTO HISTORY”

As Speaker in the Humanities for the New York Humanities Council

2014

March 27 National Council of Women, Church Center for the UN, NYC

2013

Nov. 13  Onondaga Community College, Syracuse 

2012

April 12 Women’s Rights National Park Buffalo/Niagara Chapter  

April 14 Marcellus Free Library

June 1  Ebenezer United Church of Christ  

Oct. 13  AAUW Buffalo Branch

2011

Feb. 24 SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome 

March 27 Unitarian Church of Barneveld 

May 14 Skaneateles AAUW 

Nov. 5   North Tonawanda History Museum

2010 

Feb. 21  Hudson Valley Humanists, Kingston 

March 15 NOW, Rochester Chapter, Rochester 

April 18  Caledonia Big Springs Historical Society 

August 19  Fort William Henry Museum, Lake George 

Oct. 20  St. John's College, Rochester   

2009

Feb. 26 Cazenovia Public Library

April 15 Cayuga Community College

April 21 David A. Howe Public Library, Wellsville 

2008

November 10 Phelps Mansion Museum, Binghamton, NY.

2005

April 26 North Country Community College, Saranac Lake

April 28 Madison County Event, Madison County Office Complex, Wampsville 

September 11 Howland Stone Store Museum, Sherwood

DISSERTATION COMMITTEES

Tricia Lyman, Educational Leadership program, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY, 2016.

Kim Lyman-Wright, Educational Leadership program, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY, 2015-2017.

Eglute Johnson, Religious Studies, Syracuse University.  2005-2008.

Melinda Grube, Union College.  2005-2007.

Susan Goodier-Kalif, SUNY Albany.  2004-2007.

PUBLICATIONS

“The Influence of the Haudenosaunee,” A Vote for Women: Celebrating the Women’s Suffrage Movement and the 19th Amendment. London: SJH Group, 2021.

Law and Altar: The Timely and Timeless Struggle of Matilda Joslyn Gage, Conscience: The Newsjournal of Catholic Opinion, Vol.XLII, No. 1, 2021.

Stephen M. Sachs, Sally Roesch Wagner, Ain Haas and Walter S. Robinson, Honoring the Circle: Ongoing Learning of the West from American Indians on Politics and Society, Vol. II. Waterside Productions, 2020. 

We Want Equal Rights: How Suffragists Were Influence by Native American Women, 7th Generation, (2020).

“Family Legacy,” book review of Princess of the Hither Isles: A Black Suffragist’s Story from the Jim Crow South, Ms. Magazine, Fall 2019.

“The Influence of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)”, Women Win the Vote, National Women’s History Alliance. Fall 2019.

“Truth, Reconciliation and Reshaping Women’s History”, Ms. online, (March 29, 2019).

The Women’s Suffrage Movement. Penguin Classics (March 2019).

Introduction, Roses and Radicals by Susan Zimet. Viking Books for Young Readers, 2017.

“'Suffragette' is the movie feminists have been dreaming of”, U.S.A. Today, 24 November 2015. 

“I’ll Have What She’s Having”, Bust Magazine, Volume 95, (October/November 2015), pp. 56-59.

The Elizabeth Cady Stanton Collection. - Five chapbook series. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse Cultural Workers, 2015.

“Safe Containers for Dangerous Memories”, co-authored with Sarah Pharaon, Barbara Lau,and Marı´a Jose´ Bolan˜ a Caballero. The Public Historian, Volume 37, Number 2 (May 2015), pp. 61-72.

Productive Discomfort: Dialogue, Reproductive Choice and Social Justice Education at the Matilda Joslyn Gage Center. With Tori Eckler and Maxinne Leighton. Journal of Museum Education, Volume 38, Number 2, Summer 2013.

The moment has come for women's equality in New York: Commentary. The [Syracuse] Post Standard online (Syracuse.com), 18 June 2013.  

http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2013/06/the_moment_has_come_for_womens.html  

Film is Antithesis of Author Baum’s Egalitarian, Matriarchal Vision. The [Syracuse] Post Standard, 17 March 2013, p. E-1. 

Matilda Joslyn Gage: Far Ahead of Her Time. Syracuse Woman Magazine, March 2013, p. 32.  

The Susan B. Anthony Window in the Home of Matilda Joslyn Gage. New York History Review. Volume 6, Issue 1, December 2012, pp.16-22.  

Come Write On Our Walls! Museums of Ideas: Commitment and Conflict. Edinburgh: Museums Etc, Ltd., 2011. 

Feminism, Native American Influences. Encyclopedia of American Indian History, Vol. II. Bruce E. Johansen and Barry M. Pritzker, Editors.  Santa Barbara, Denver and Oxford:  ABC: CLIO, 2008, pp. 383-387. 

Matilda Joslyn Gage. The New Encyclopedia of Unbelief.  Tom Flynn, Editor.  Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2007, pp. 351-352.

Haudenosaunee Women Inspire. Peace Newsletter.  Syracuse NY Peace Council newsletter, March 2006, p. 751.

As Cady Did. Book Review.  Ms. Magazine, Fall 2005, p. 75.

The Indigenous Roots of United States Feminism. In Feminist Politics, Activism and Vision: Local and Global Challenge. Luciana Ricciutelli, Angela Miles and Margaret H. McFadden, Editors.  London and New York: Zed Books Ltd., 2004.

The Wonderful Mother of Oz.  Baum Bugle 47, Winter 2003, pp.7-13.

American Women.  YES! A Journal of Positive Futures, Spring 2002.

“Forgotten Champion of Liberty: Matilda Joslyn Gage (19th Century Suffrage Leader),” Free Inquiry 20:4, Fall 2002.

Woman, Church and State. Introduction to reprint of Matilda Joslyn Gage’s 1893 classic. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2001.

Sisters in Spirit: The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Influence on Woman’s Rights. Summertown, TN: Native Voices Press, 2001.

“New Women’s History Videos.” National Women’s Studies Association Journal.  Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, Summer 2000.

“The Iroquois Influence on Women’s Rights” and Interview with Sally Roesch Wagner Awakened Woman E-Magazine, Winter solstice 1999.

Faculty Guide to accompany “Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony,” a film by Ken Burns and Paul Barnes. Public Broadcasting System, 1999. 

Matilda Joslyn Gage: She Who Holds the Sky. Aberdeen, SD: Sky Carrier Press, 1998. 

Woman, Church and State. Editor, Modern Reader’s edition of Matilda Joslyn Gage’s 1893 classic. Aberdeen, SD: Sky Carrier Press, 1998. 

A Time of Protest: Suffragists Challenge the Republic. Aberdeen, SD: Sky Carrier Press, 1997.

Daughters of Dakota Series. Aberdeen, SD: Sky Carrier Press, 1989-1993.

Stories from the Black Hills. Volume 6: 1993. 

The Long Stories. Volume 5: 1992.     

Stories of Privation: German, German-Russian and Scandinavian Immigrants 

 in South Dakota. Volume 4: 1991.     

Stories of Friendship Between Settlers and the Dakota Indians. With Vic Runnels.  

Introduction by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve. Volume 3: 1990. 

Stories from the Attic. Volume 2. 1990.    

A Sampler. Volume 1: 1989. 

Early Essays:

“Great Minds: Matilda Joslyn Gage,” Free Inquiry, Fall, 2000. 

“Coming Home to my Heartland.” In Women Who Don't Sell Out, edited by Lenora Fulani. NY: Castillo International, 1996.

“The Iroquois Influence on Women's Rights.” In Gone to Croatan, edited by Ron Sakolsky & James Koehnline. Brooklyn/Edinburgh: Autonomedia/AK Press, 1993.

“Matilda Joslyn Gage,” In Women Public Speakers in the United States, 1800-1925, edited by Karlyn Kohrs Campbell. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1993.

“The Iroquois Influence on Women's Rights.” In Indian Roots of American Democracy, edited by Jose Barreiro. Ithaca, NY: Akwe:Kon Press, Cornell University, 1992.

“Suffragists Protest the Constitution: September 17, 1887.” In New York and the Union, edited by Stephen L. Schechter and Richard B. Bernstein. Albany: New York State 

Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 1990.

“The Iroquois Confederacy—a Native American Model for Non-sexist Men” and “The Root of Oppression is the Loss of Memory: The Iroquois and the Earliest Feminist Vision.” In Iroquois Women: an Anthology, edited by W.G. Spitall. Ontario, Canada: Iroquois Reprints, 1990.

“The History of Woman Suffrage,” “Declaration of Rights of Women: 1876,” “Minor v. Happersett” and “Matilda Joslyn Gage.” In Handbook of American Women's History, edited by Angela Howard Zophy. New York: Garland Publishing, 1989.

“Animal Liberation.” In With a Fly's Eye, Whale's Wit and Woman's Heart, edited by Stephanie T. Hoppe and Theresa Corrigan. San Francisco, CA: Cleis Press, 1989.

“I Understand Ronald Reagan Because I Understand my Father.” In Rebirth of Power, edited by Pamela Portwood, Michele Gorcey and Peggy Sanders. Racine, WI: Mother Courage Press, 1987.

Biographical Introduction to reprint of Woman, Church and State by Matilda Joslyn Gage. Watertown, MA: Persephone Press, 1980.

Early Articles:

“Iroquois Women Inspire 19th Century Feminists.” National NOW Times. Summer 1999.

“Waltzing Home to Matilda.” Women’s History Network News. July 1999.

“A Woman's Run for President.” On The Issues. Fall 1996.

“Is Equality Indigenous? The Untold Iroquois Influence on Early Radical Feminists.” On The Issues. Winter 1996.

“Meet the Lakota: The People/Oyata Kin.” Book review in Multicultural Education. Summer 1994.

“The Iroquois Influence on the Early Woman's Rights Movement.” Northeast Indian Quarterly (Akwe:kon Journal). Spring 1992.

“Four Faces Perch on Stolen Land.” Sioux Falls Argus Leader. 17 February 1992.

“Democracy Turned to Stone?” Rapid City Journal. 8 February 1992.

“Beyond Rushmore, Borglum Had a Vision for the Sioux.” Rapid City Journal. 10 August 1991.

“A Historian's Search for What Went Wrong.” A Lakota Times Supplement: Wounded Knee Remembered 1890-1990. December 1990.

“Deep Regret is Not Appropriate for Wounded Knee.” The Lakota (SD) Times. 4 December 1990.

“The Pioneer Daughters Collection of the South Dakota Federation of Women's Clubs.” South Dakota History 19. (Spring 1989): 95-109.

“The Root of Oppression is the Loss of Memory: The Iroquois and the Early Feminist Vision.” Akwesasne Notes 21. (Winter 1989): 11-13.

History Editor, Changing Men, quarterly articles 1983-1993, including “The Iroquois Confederacy: A Native American Model for Non-sexist Men” (Spring/Summer 1989); “Moses Harman: Champion of Reproductive Rights” (Summer/Fall 1987); “Martin R. Delaney: Black Nationalist and Woman's Rights Activist” (Winter 1986).

“Global Grandmother: an Interview with Barbara Wiedner." Woman of Power 10 (Summer 1988).

“Suffragists Protest the Constitution.” New York Notes. New York State Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 1988.

“Suffragists at the Centennial.” Sacramento (CA) Bee. 17 September 1987.

“Feminists Will Reenact Suffragists' Struggles.” The Hartford (CT) Courant.  

6 September1987.

“What Was the Connection Between the Nineteenth-Century Black Rights Movement and the Women's Rights Movement: Finding the Right Question.” Elizabeth Cady Stanton Foundation Newsletter 8 (Spring 1987).

“Trick or Treat is Mother's Work.” With Lynn Cooper. National Women's Studies Association Perspectives 4 (Summer 1986).

“Oral History as a Biographical Tool.” Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2, Women's Oral History (Summer, 1977), pp. 87-92