With “From Radical Idea to Ratification: Women’s Voting Rights,” the Old Courthouse Regional History Forum Series for 2020 starts this Saturday, Feb. 1, at the 1859 Courthouse Building, 410 W. Second Place, The Dalles. Programs begin at 1:30 p.m. in the upstairs courtroom. The old courthouse is behind the Chamber of Commerce and Visitors’ Center at the west side of downtown.

Speaker Janice Dilg is principal of a historical consulting firm and state coordinator for an online resource for the 2020 centennial of the 19th Amendment which extended voting rights to women.  She will tell the story of Sylvia Thompson (D-The Dalles) who introduced the bill ratifying the amendment in the 1920 special session.