COM Studies Professor Performs at Suffrage Celebrations

Communication Studies Professor and Director of the Online Communication Studies Program Dr. Deleasa Randall-Griffiths was recently featured on Good Morning Tulsa for her portrayal as suffragette Carrie Chapman Catt during the city's Women's Suffrage Commemoration events.

Events of the day, which commemorated the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th

Dr. Randall-Griffiths as Carrie Chapman Catt
Sharon King Davis as Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Rebecca Marks Jimerson as Ida B. Wells

Amendment, included Living History performances, during which Dr. Randall-Griffiths gave a keynote portrayal of Chapman Catt, a march and rally, and opening of the Tulsa Historical Society and Museum's "Votes for Women: Striking a Four-Letter Word from the Constitution" exhibit.  Additional Living History performances were given by suffragettes Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Ida B. Wells, and Susan B. Anthony.

This event is one of a number for which Dr. Randall-Griffiths is slated to portray Chapman Catt, including a Living History Performance as part of Ashland University's Symposium Against Indifference.  Her performance at AU, which takes place Monday, March 2 at 7:00 pm in the Hawkins-Conard Student Center Auditorium, will include an in character monologue and Q&A.  The third portion of the performance will be an out of character Q&A session, which will allow Dr. Randall-Griffiths to comment on broader topics and themes surrounding the suffrage movement.  This event is free and open to the public.