This photograph shows women in LaForge, Missouri, listening to speech by a visiting public health official of the Farm Security Administration, a New Deal agency. Black and white photo of women on pews outside
Speech:

A Voice from the Eastern Shore

Speaker:

Marie Watson

1941 - 1960 / Civil Rights and Gender Equity
Marie Watson, a field worker for the Maryland League of Planned Parenthood, delivered “A Voice from the Eastern Shore” on November 5, 1945. It was the only speech given at the annual meeting of the Prince George’s League for Planned Parenthood in Hyattsville, Maryland. The speech was recorded by Georgia K. Benjamin, a civic leader…  Read more.