Dorothy Q. Thomas

Daughters of the American Revolution:
Progressivism, Feminism and Human Rights in the United States

Dorothy Q. Thomas will speak about recovering a legacy of progressive Americanism for contemporary women's rights activists, drawing on her on-going research for a book that chronicles the lives of some of her female ancestors, including descendants of former presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams and mother of the American Revolution Dorothy Quincy Hancock. Thomas is currently a research associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. She was previously a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and was founding director for the Human Rights Watch Women's Division.

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