Katharine Houghton Hepburn’s work for women’s rights explored at the Kate Museum
The Katharine Hepburn Museum presents the museum talk “Fiery and Fierce: Katharine Houghton and the Work for Women’s Rights” at 7 p.m. March 27 at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St., Old Saybrook.
In honor of Women’s History Month, Jessica Jenkins, executive director of the Litchfield Historical Society, will explore the activism of Katharine Houghton, mother of Katharine Hepburn. Houghton ardently campaigned for women’s rights, suffrage, and access to birth control, picketing the White House for women’s right to vote, forming the American Birth Control League (that later became Planned Parenthood) with Margaret Sanger, and supporting equal legal rights for women. The presentation will be followed by questions from the audience.
Prior to going to Litchfield, Jenkins served as vice president of collections and storytelling at Minnetrista Museum and Gardens in Muncie, IN. She holds a B.A. in History from Quincy University, Quincy, IL, and an M.A. in Public History from Central Connecticut State University, New Britain. While in Indiana, Jenkins oversaw the creation of the national award-winning exhibition “Bob Ross Experience,” served as an associate producer for the Emmy-nominated documentary “Bob Ross Experience,” and collaborated with colleagues to develop the award-winning museum theater production, “In My Hands, In My Heart.”
The museum talk is offered as an in-person event or live stream. For information and tickets, which are $12, visit www.thekate.org or call (860) 5100453.