Historian Rachel Caroline Eaton

In a new series of talks and special features, Dr. Farina King will discuss the experiences and efforts of Native American women who emerged as public intellectuals, leaders, advocates, and activists since the late nineteenth century in the United States and North America. She traces the stories and lives of Indigenous women who supported and advocated for human and civil rights for their peoples through generations into the recent eras of women's suffrage movements, including the passage of the 19th amendment in 1920.

During this discussion, Dr. King will discuss Historian Rachel Caroline Eaton (Cherokee). Eaton is said to be the first native woman to receive her PhD.

Farina King is a Diné historian and assistant professor of history and affiliate of the Cherokee and Indigenous Studies Department at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She is the author of The Earth Memory Compass: Diné Landscapes and Education in the Twentieth Century (2018). She focuses on Native American and Indigenous experiences in boarding schools during the twentieth century.

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Original Program Date: Saturday, November 28, 2020 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM