Remember the Ladies: Women and the Constitution at 250
Recommended Outside Event
A Constitution Week Lunch & Learn
In-Person at the Albany County Courthouse (16 Eagle Street, Albany, NY 12207) and Livestreamed
Open to all judges and nonjudicial personnel of the New York State Unified Court System and members of the co-sponsoring organizations.
Join us as we trace the constitutional journey of American Women — from their exclusion at the founding, to the suffrage movement and the Nineteenth Amendment, to the equal protection revolution and the voices of women on the bench today.
Sponsored by:
Third Judicial District Equal Justice in the Courts Committee
Capital District Women’s Bar Association
Women’s Bar Association of the State of New York
Women’s Bar Association of Orange & Sullivan Counties
Historical Society of the New York Courts
PROGRAM
WELCOME & FRAMING REMARKS
Hon. E. Danielle Jose-Decker, AJSC
Hon. Sherri Brooks-Morton, JSC
Rebekah Nellis Kennedy, WBASNY President
“REMEMBER THE LADIES”
Reading of Abigail Adams’ March 1776 letter by Hon. Rachel Kretser (Ret.)
Discussion with Hon. Laura Jordan and Hon. Zainab Chaudhry
THE CONSTITUTIONAL ARC: FROM SUFFRAGE TO EQUAL PROTECTION
Presented by the Capital District Women’s Bar Association and the Women’s Bar Association of Orange and Sullivan Counties
MODERATED JUDICAL PANEL
A conversation about women, constitutional equality, and the meaning of “We the People” from the perspective of women serving on the bench today, featuring:
Hon. Elizabeth A. Garry, Presiding Justice, Third Department
Hon. Llinét M. Rosado, Associate Justice, First Department; Co-Chair, Hon. Betty Weinberg Ellerin Commission on Women in the Courts
Hon. Christina L. Ryba, Associate Justice, Third Deparment
AUDIENCE QUESTIONS & CLOSING REMARKS