November 12, 2020 3:30 a.m.

Roseburg Public Library will hold a woman suffrage movement program on Facebook Live next week.

Library Director Kris Wiley said “Registration, Education, and Voting: Black Woman and Voting Activism in Oregon 1913-1916” will be presented Thursday November 19th at 6:30 p.m. Wiley said the speaker will be Dr. Kimberly Jensen of Western Oregon University. Program sponsors are the library, along with the Douglas Education Service District and the League of Women Voters of Umpqua Valley.

Jensen is a Professor of History and Gender Studies and is working on a new book about Oregon women, citizenship and civil liberties from 1913-1925.

A Facebook account is not required to view the program. To see the live stream, go to www.facebook.com/roseburglibrary. Questions for the speaker can be emailed before the event to: kwiley@cityofroseburg.org.