Public Speaking Events


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Dr. Gunter giving the 2024-2025 Ballenger Lecture at Northeaster State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Upcoming events

A Yellow Rose Exhibition at Texas Woman's University

Tuesday, September 4, 2025 at Texas Women's University, Fine Arts Building, 302 Pioneer Circle, Denton, TX 76201 

Book Talk 3:30pm, Fine Arts Building West Gallery 
Book Signing to follow in Room 101
Panel Discussion with Local Artists 5pm, West Gallery 
Closing Reception, 6pm, East & West Galleries 
Dr. Gunter contributed an overview of the suffrage movement using pieces in the Yellow Rose Art Project honoring the centennial of the 19th Amendment. The art book will be released on September 4, 2025 through Texas A&M University Press. For more information on the book, click here. 

Past events

Ballenger Lecture Series

Thursday, March 13, 2024 at 6:30pm at Northeastern State University, Wilson Hall, Room 407

"Suffragists, Soldiers, and Immigrants: Drastic Changes to Voting Rights in the Progressive Era" 
Dr. Gunter was the invited speaker for the 2024-2025 Ballenger Lecture Series at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. 

Women in the American Revolution

Saturday, July 6, 2024 at 11am at the Dallas Public Library

Dr. Gunter spoke about women in the American Revolution in honor of Independence Day. 

Women in the American Revolution

Tuesday, July 9, 2024 at 7pm at the Allen Public Library

Dr. Gunter spoke about women in the American Revolution in honor of Independence Day. 
April 11, 2023 at 8pm EST/7pm CST, "Tik Tok Tutorial" in support of the Civil War Documentary. Join the documentary's Patreon to be invited to all of their Historian Happy Hours online. 
https://www.patreon.com/TheCivilWarDoc
Follow the @TheCivilWarDoc1 to stay up to date on all of their events. 
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Screenshot of Civil War Doc tweet promoting the event
August 2022, “Suffragists & the Fight for Married Women’s Independent Citizenship,” Dallas Area Society of Historians. Rescheduled from May 2022. https://dashhistoryworkshop.wordpress.com/current-schedule/

June 18, 2022, 10am-12noon, Gleaneagles Country Club, "Voting Rights Struggles of Yesterday and Today," Collin County Democratic Party Jazz Brunch. https://www.collindemocrats.org/2022-ccdp-jazz-brunch/ 
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Dr. G. at the Collin County Democratic Party Jazz Brunch
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Dr. G. at the Collin County Democratic Party Jazz Brunch
March 26. 2022 at 2-4pm, “The Texas Suffrage Movement & the League of Women Voters,” Hosted by the League of Women Voters of Tarrant County.

Tuesday, March 23rd at 1pm, Dr. Gunter's Women's History Talk at her home campus
This suffrage talk was recorded and is available for professors or teachers to use in their classrooms along with the PowerPoint slides.
Link: https://digitalcommons.collin.edu/history-faculty/2/
Wednesday, March 3rd at 2-4pm CST
Women's History Month Virtual Presentation at  Lone Star College -University Park.
Link: https://www.lonestar.edu/upwomenshistory.htm

Thursday, March 17, 2020 at 2:30-3:30pm EST via Zoom
Link:  bit.ly/Justhebeginning
"The 19th Amendment: Just the Beginning" Constitution Day panel hosted by the Texas Women's University Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy. This event featured a clip of the documentary Citizens at Last: The Texas Suffrage Movement.
Recording available for free below.

Wednesday, August 26, 2020 at 8pm CST via Zoom
"Women's Equality Day: Suffrage Roundtable Virtual Event" hosted by the Arizona Historical Society. This panel included suffrage historians from multiple states who contributed to the special suffrage roundtable issue of the Journal of Arizona History (see Academic Publications page for that article).
Recording available for free below.

Saturday, March 7, 2020 at 10:30am
Location: Fort Worth Library downtown

“The Texas Suffrage Movement & Changes in Citizenship & Voting Rights”
Center for Texas Studies at TCU’s Preserving Our Past Community History Workshop Series
Link: http://bit.ly/3cpnMjs   
Recording available for free below

Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 2pm
Location: Tarrant County Community College -Southeast

“Texas Suffragists and the Campaign to Disfranchise  Immigrants in Texas”
TCCC Women’s History Month event
Link: http://bit.ly/2uJoLKa   


Friday, June 28, 2019
Location: Bullock Texas State History Museum, Austin, TX

Grand opening of Sister Suffragists exhibit at the Bullock Museum in commemoration of & on the centennial of Texas ratification of the 19th Amendment 
Link: https://www.thestoryoftexas.com/visit/calendar/suffrage-centennial-20190628  


Monday, November 5, 2018
Location: Will Rogers State University

"An Overview of Woman Suffrage in Oklahoma"
Held in  commemoration of the Oklahoma state suffrage centennial.
Link: https://www.rsu.edu/100th-anniversary-oklahoma-womens-suffrage-focus-nov-5-rsu-lecture/