March 18, 2026 - 6:30 pm -6:30 pm
Wednesday, March 18 at 6:30 PM, join us at the Museum for a special Boardwalk Talk featuring historian Dr. Peggy Macdonald! Macdonald traces Florida’s suffrage movement from its origins to early successes, examining a selection of Florida’s most prominent suffragists like Fay Gibson Moulton Bridges, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, and May Mann Jennings, along with their strategies to secure the right to vote.
Dr. Peggy Macdonald is a public historian and adjunct professor. She has taught at Stetson University, Indian River State College and Southern New Hampshire University. A native Floridian, Dr. Macdonald has written about local and Florida history for FORUM Magazine, Gainesville Magazine, Our Town Magazine, and Senior Times. In 2014, the University Press of Florida published her first book, Marjorie Harris Carr: Defender of Florida’s Environment. Dr. Macdonald is an alumna of the University of Florida, where she received a Ph.D. in American history.
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