Welcome . Welcome everyone thank, you for being here. My name is Jeremy Drouin im in the valley special collections and the local History Department in archives of the city public library. Our Research Room is headquartered just across the hall from this auditorium. In our collection, you will find books, manuscripts and journals of other Research Materials documenting kansas citys early history as a town and outfitter for travelers setting out on the trail. It is november 12th, 1927 were the sculpture was dedicated to allie park there. Not only celebrates kansas city s grand near history but is attributed to those who suffered great hardship and loss while traveling across the plains in search of a better life. And her new book pioneer mother monuments, constructed cultural identity historian cynthia press got worked through accessory of recognition in Pioneer Monuments and across the nation. Including those in the kansas city region. For honor to have her here today to discuss the re
History of reproductive rights and justice starting from the 19th century to the present. Its also something thats in some ways very hard to lecture about now because its i as as professor lawson said in one of the main historians of this stuff, and im also living through it with all of you. So its a strange time to be discussing this as■z history whn its also very much real life. So i think now often when we think of reproductive rights and we think of them in the context of criminalization and criminal laws, but thats a relatively recent phenomenon. So if you go back far enough and theres a dispute about this that was reflected by the supreme in the Supreme Courts decision in 2022 in dobbs versus jackson, Womens Health organization, the majority led by Justice Samuel alito suggested that in the United States to some degree, another abortion had always been a crime. Any point in pregnancy, he might have said or might have believed something similar about contraception. But the reali
So this is obviously more material than i can cover in an. So this is a snapshot of the history of reproductive rights and justice starting from the 19th century to the present. Its also something thats in some ways very hard to lecture about now because its i as as professor lawson said in one of the main historians of this stuff, and im also living through it with all of you. So its a strange time to be discussing this as history when its also very much real life. So i think now often when we think of reproductive rights and we think of them in the context of criminalization and criminal laws, but thats a relatively recent phenomenon. So if you go back far enough and theres a dispute about this that was reflected by the supreme in thes decision in 2022 in dobbs versus jackson, Womens Health organization, the majority led by Justice Samuel alito suggested that in the United States to some degree, another abortion had always been a crime. Any point in pregnancy, he might have said or m
History of reproductive rights and justice starting from the 19th century to the present. Its about now because its i as professor lawson said in one of the main historians of this stuff, and im also living through it with all of you. So its a strange time to be discussing this as history when its also very much real life. So i think now often when we think of reproductive rights and we think of them in the context of criminalization and criminal laws, but thats a relatively recent phenomenon. So if you go back far enough and theres a dispute about this that was reflected by the supreme in the Supreme Courts decision in 2022 in dobbs versus jackson, Womens Health organization, the majority led by Justice Samuel alito suggested that in the United States to some degree, another abortion had always been a crime. Any point in pregnancy, he might have said or might have believed something similar about contraception. But the reality was that for much of ited states history, either passing o
19th century to the present. Its also som hard to lecture about now because its i as as professor lawson said in one of the main historians of this stuff, and im also living through it with all of you. So its a strange time to be discussing this as history when its also very much real life. So i think now often when we think ofro and we think of them in the context of criminalization and criminal laws, but thats a relatively recent phenomenon. So if you go back far enough and theres a spute about this that was reflected by the supreme in the Supreme Courts decision in 2022 in dobbs versus jackson, Womens Health organization, the majority led by Justice Samuel alito suggested that in the United States to some degree, another abortion had always been a■u crime. Any point in pregnancy, he might have said or might have believed something similar about contraception. But the reality was that for much of United States history, either passing or implementing criminal laws regarding reproduc