Cinema’s ‘Nasty Women,’ and ladies who improved women’s rights, are center of two events in Tampa Bay this weekend

Despite only getting the right to vote 104 years ago, women have long led civic discourse and had a tremendous impact on elections. A pair of events this weekend celebrates ladies in two different ways.

On Sunday at Tampa’s Sulphur Springs Museum and Heritage Center, University of Central Florida journalism professor and author Dr. Kimberly Voss will discuss six more-or-less unknown women—including political operatives and journalists—who laid the foundation for improving women’s equality in the U.S. with the museum’s “Voices and Votes: Democracy in America” as the background.
Across the bridge in St. Petersburg on Friday, Eckerd College’s Miller Auditorium hosts the “Cinema’s First Nasty Women” which will present new scores for silent films performed live by Eckerd students.

“In this set of rarely-seen silent films about feminist protest, slapstick rebellion, and suggestive gender play, women organize labor strikes, bake (and weaponize) inedible desserts, explode out of chimneys, electrocute the police force, and assume a range of identities that gleefully dismantle traditional gender norms and sexual constraints,” organizers wrote, adding that Laura Horak, Associate Professor of Film Studies at Carleton University, will sit for a post-screening discussion.
There’s no cover for the Eckerd College International Cinema Series’ “Cinema's First Nasty Women: Queens of Destruction” screenings happening on Friday, April 19 in St Petersburg.

There’s also no cover for “Politicking Politely: Women Making a Difference, with Dr. Kimberly Voss” happening Sunday, April 21 at Tampa’s Sulphur Springs Museum and Heritage Center.

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