Join us for a special Dine & Discuss event with Dianne Bystrom.

This presentation will trace the history of the 72-year campaign for women’s right to vote in the United States, including the contributions of such leading suffragists as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Mary Church Terrell, Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt. 

Dr. Dianne Bystrom is director emerita of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University. She directed the center for 22 years before retiring in August 2018. She also founded Iowa State’s Leadership Studies Program and served as its director for 10 years. Dr. Bystrom has contributed to 25 books—including An Unprecedented Election: Media, Communication, and the Electorate in the 2016 Campaign (2018); Gender and Elections (2018, 2014, 2009 and 2006); and Women in the American Political System: An Encyclopedia of Women as Voters, Candidates, and Office Holders (2018)—as a as a co-author, co-editor or chapter author. She also has written journal articles on women and politics, youth voters and the Iowa caucus. Dr. Bystrom continues to serve as a speaker and commentator about political and women’s issues for community groups, professional organizations and the media. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Kearney (NE) State College and a master’s degree in journalism and Ph.D. in communication, both from the University of Oklahoma.

Join us for Dine & Discuss from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 25 at Valentino’s, 5022 S 108th St.