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Sustenance, Social Bonds, and Politics: A Food History of the South Dakota Suffrage Movement

Sustenance, Social Bonds, and PoliticsA Food History of the South Dakota Suffrage Movement Liz Almlie (bio) On July 21, 1890, Emma Smith DeVoe traveled about eighty miles from her home in Huron, South Dakota, to the town of Warner, to hold an afternoon suffrage meeting at the home of Margaret J. Cook. Cook gave a banquet for the fifty women who attended. According to news reports, the women "all said it was the very first time in all their lives that a banquet had been prepared for them. They had prepared many banquets for men, but this was a new order of business."1 Looking at the intersection of food and equal suffrage in South Dakota brings forward stories that speak to the lived experience of the suffrage movement, as well as changes and continuities in women's roles as they claimed expanded political voice. The experiences of South Dakota suffragists also reflect the unique situation of women who functioned within the agricultural economy of the Great Plains Midwest. In long travel across the drought-prone plains between newly settled towns and rural schoolhouses, South Dakota suffragists used local food products for sustenance, socialization, direct appeals to voters, and fundraising. Food also featured in commentary about gender roles and, in the 1910s, became a subject for political action. The suffrage movement had a dramatic history in South Dakota, with the state going through six organized public campaigns between 1890 and 1918 for a state amendment to remove the word "male" from voting qualifications.2 Though few South Dakota suffragists sought to overturn traditional gender roles and activities, they nonetheless did significant work to claim public space and become active in political and civic affairs. In the course of this work, a fundamental use of food was sustenance, with the accompanying benefit of building social relationships. By 1890, homesteaders and town-builders had begun forming communities, but [End Page 65] as suffragist Marietta Bones of Webster reflected in her 1884 report to the National Woman Suffrage Association, "the country being so sparsely settled, and such wide distances between towns, … the settlers are comparatively strangers to each other."3 For long or distant events, having hosts schedule time for food was a practical necessity but also an incentive that made attendance more feasible or more appealing. Supporters of suffrage had to invest time to travel to and attend meetings, lectures, or conventions. In most South Dakota homes, women of the household had responsibility for preparing meals. Incorporating meals into a suffrage event facilitated the participation of women and their families. In September 1890, suffragists in Jerauld County held a convention in Wessington Springs with a keynote address by Matilda Hindman—a suffrage organizer from Pennsylvania. The invitation in the paper included: "Come early tomorrow morning; bring your lunch basket and dinner in the park, and leave things at home in such a condition that you can stay all day, and to the lecture in the evening."4 In February 1890, Emma Smith DeVoe and other suffragists in Huron held a local convention for Beadle County. The invitation urged attendees to come early enough to eat lunch together if they brought their own provisions, noting that their Huron hosts would provide coffee. It suggested attendees stay for dinner as well. Afterwards, the newspaper reported that "many were there from the outside townships who came early with baskets well filled with provisions."5 The Beadle County convention was the culmination of weeks of daily speeches and meetings at rural churches and schoolhouses. Having convention attendees bring picnic baskets filled a logistical need but also provided an opportunity for socialization, getting to know one another, and building confidence to work better together for equal suffrage. Suffragists commonly offered receptions, social hours, and hors d'oeuvres for higher-profile events with national speakers. While on her way to the state convention in Pierre in 1895, Carrie Chapman Catt of New York was scheduled to speak at the opera hall in Hurley, and locals served "refreshments after the lecture, giving a short time to social chat."6 In November 1909, the Ladies History Club in Sioux Falls hosted a reception and "dainty luncheon" for Anna Howard...

The AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo 2021 is Coming!

The AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo 2021 is Coming!

Call for Papers: 240th ECS Meeting – Orlando, FL (October 10-14, 2021)

The 240th ECS meeting will be held in Orlando, Florida, from October 10-14, 2021, at the Orange County Convention Center. This international conference will bring together scientists, engineers, and researchers from academia, industry, and government laboratories to share results and discuss issues on related topics through a variety of formats, such as oral presentations, poster sessions, panel discussions, tutorial sessions, short courses, professional development workshops, a career fair, and exhibits. The unique blend of electrochemical and solid state science and technology at an ECS Meeting provides an opportunity and forum to learn and exchange information on the latest scientific and technical developments in a variety of interdisciplinary areas.

Evaluation of thermal performance of green roofs via field measurements and hygrothermal simulations

Several studies have analyzed the heat flow impact of green roofs in hot weather, but few studies have examined the thermal performance during cold climate conditions. This study presents an experimental and numerical investigation of a large extensive green roof on the Onondaga County Convention Center in Syracuse, NY in both summer and winter conditions. Measured temperatures across the multilayers of the roofing system reveal the spatial and temporal variation of thermal conditions in the roofing system and the impact of the green roof. The CHAMPS-BES model (coupled heat, air, moisture and pollutant simulations for building envelope systems) has been applied to simulate the temperature profile through the layers of the green roof in which a new approach is developed to account for the evapotranspiration in the vegetation. In late fall without snow, the temperatures of the growth medium and roof membrane follow the diurnal cycle of ambient air temperatures but with smaller amplitude. Under extremely cold weather in winter with snow on the roof, the snow acts as an insulator, and heat flux is dominated by the temperature gradient between interior space and the snow layer. During the summer, the green roof significantly reduces the daily peak temperature of the membrane. In addition, the green roof moderates the heat flow through the roofing system and reduces the amount of air conditioning needed. This work also shows that the CHAMPS-BES model can be used to inform green roof design decisions.

Learn strategies for leveraging technology to prevent spread of COVID‐19 on campus

Before Joseph Thalheimer worked for the University of Central Florida (currently the second‐largest university in the United States), he worked as the Assistant Security Supervisor for the Orange County Convention Center, which sees 1.6 million visitors annually. It's an experience Thalheimer said prepped him for his future role at UCF as the Director of Emergency Management. UCF enrolls more than 69,000 students.

Leverage technology to prevent the spread of COVID‐19 on campus

Before Joseph Thalheimer worked for the University of Central Florida (currently the second‐largest university in the United States), he worked as the Assistant Security Supervisor for the Orange County Convention Center, which sees 1.6 million visitors annually. It's an experience Thalheimer said prepped him for his future role at UCF as the Director of Emergency Management. UCF enrolls more than 69,000 students.

2019 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, USA September 20-23, 2019.

Journal of Bone and Mineral ResearchVolume 34, Issue S1 p. S1-S442 2019 AbstractsFree Access 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, USA September 20–23, 2019 First published: 17 December 2019 https://doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.3936AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume34, IssueS1Supplement: 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, USA September 20–23, 2019December 2019Pages S1-S442 RelatedInformation

Innovation is still alive in plastics

Held every three years in Orlando, the plastics trade show NPE lets attendees get up close to equipment they would otherwise encounter only on a factory floor. Machines—blaring noise and radiating heat—pop out plastic bottles and cups in booths next to the carpet-lined lanes of the Orange County Convention Center. Sleeves of plastic film multiple stories high rise from blow-molding machines. Robot arms incessantly repeat programmed routines to demonstrate their nimbleness. In contrast, the booths of the companies supplying the plastics industry with polymers and additives are equipped with machines no grander than hissing espresso makers to prepare drinks for guests. The main attractions of their outposts are racks of brochures and plastic-molded goods—car parts, bottles, and the like—screwed into the wall or displayed in Lucite cases. The show’s organizer, the Plastics Industry Association, claims NPE2018, held earlier this month, was the largest ever. Some 2,180 exhibitors were spread across

Report of the Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2018, Orlando.

The 67thAnnual Scientific Session and Expo of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) were held at the Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, from March 10-12, 2018. This meeting offered 2,700 accepted abstracts presented in oral and poster sessions by 2,100 experts and 37 Late-Breaking Clinical Trials and Featured Clinical Research presentations. This report introduces the key presentations and highlights from the ACC 2018 Scientific Session.

Pittcon 2018 in Orlando

The 2018 Pittsburgh Conference & Exposition (Pittcon) will be held Feb. 26 to March 1 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. Pittcon’s core focus is analytical chemistry and applied spectroscopy, with applications in fields including life and environmental sciences, drug discovery, food safety, nanotechnology, and water and air analysis. The conference, which annually attracts more than 15,000 attendees from 90 countries in industry, academia, and government, is sponsored by the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh and the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh. Some 2,000 technical presentations and more than 100 short courses are planned. All conference information, including details about registration and housing, is on the Pittcon website at pittcon.org. Registration for the entire conference costs $325, and one-day registration is $150. Attendance is free on Thursday. The cost for full-time students with a valid ID is $25 for the entire conference. An expo-only pass is available for

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 54th Annual Meeting January 27–31, 2018 Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 54th Annual Meeting January 27–31, 2018 Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Shays’s Rebellion: Authority and Distress in Post-Revolutionary America by Sean Condon

Reviewed by: Shays’s Rebellion: Authority and Distress in Post-Revolutionary America by Sean Condon Jonathan M. Chu (bio) Keywords Shays' Rebellion, Daniel Shays, Debt, Credit, U.S. Constitution, Violence Shays’s Rebellion: Authority and Distress in Post-Revolutionary America. By Sean Condon. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015. Pp. 165. Paper, $19.95.) Shays’s Rebellion in current scholarship is one example of the widespread endemic pattern of economic distress, protest, and disorder throughout the new nation that precipitated the convening of the Constitutional Convention. Building upon this interpretation in Shays’s Rebellion: Authority and Distress in Post-Revolutionary America, Sean Condon tells a familiar story. Farmers in western and central Massachusetts, removed from commercial centers, deeply indebted, abused by private creditors, and oppressed by heavy taxes, reacted predictably by modeling their behavior upon traditions of revolutionary popular protest. More specifically, they stopped sheriffs from seizing assets for the non-payment of private debts and taxes, organized mass protests to regulate (the term of art for justifying extralegal action) self-interested public officials, petitioned for debt relief, and, ultimately, stopped civil courts from meeting. Unable to obtain redress of its grievances, the regulation spontaneously escalated into armed militias and the insurrection that came to be identified with Daniel Shays. For Condon, though, Shays’s Rebellion was also a problem of authority: how to govern the regulators and regulate the government when jurisdictional lines and political processes remained ambiguous or in flux. While Samuel Ely’s 1782 protest was resolved with a petition emanating out of the Hampshire County Convention attended by Samuel Adams and two other state legislators, later protests were met with heightened opposition. Confronted with policies imposing impossible [End Page 158] burdens upon debtors, how were ordinary folks to get relief when peaceful protest failed? The answers led to further polarization with government’s own militarization and suppression of the regulators. Condon sees the immediate resolution to the regulation in the realization of both sides that things had gotten out of hand and the moderation of discontent and lawlessness by disbanding the armed groups of regulators, electing the popular John Hancock as governor in place of James Bowdoin, allowing key leaders like Shays and Job Shattuck to escape punishment, and providing legal reforms on debt collection. The real significance of Shays’s Rebellion, however, occurred after the news of the disorders had spread to James Madison and, by means of Henry Knox’s representations, George Washington, concurrently with their recognition of the need for constitutional reform. Shays’s Rebellion, particularly for Progressive historians, has long held an important place in explaining the rise of sentiment for constitutional reform. A discrete local story, dramatic and well documented, it provides in microcosm evidence supporting two interlocking interpretations for the Constitution: the argument for robust central government and the rise of democratic movements in the early republic. The Shaysite opposition to courts especially seems to embody the polarization of political, social, and economic divisions central to these two interpretative paradigms: of Anti-Federalists and Federalists, of farmers and debtors versus merchants and creditors. Condon is careful to qualify the polarized social interests and the regionalized distribution of credit and debt and demonstrate a more complicated understanding of the difficulties of government’s exercise of authority: Any form of debt relief would have produced adverse consequences for someone somewhere and exacerbated the post-war depression. Condon’s narrative reflects the predisposition to limit the context of our reading of Shays’s to a local microcosm demonstrating the larger weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and of the inevitability of the Constitution. Historians, and especially current neo-Progressive interpretations, have not given sufficient weight to the larger context of the ways in which the inherent nature of the evidence, the framing of debtors’ legal complaints, sway us toward harsh characterizations of private and public creditors. Not surprisingly, our sympathies lie with farmers and debtors and their claims of impoverishment by rapacious creditors and hard-money policies and not with Bowdoin’s condemnation of “wicked, artful men” seeking to dilute the value of their obligations and [End Page 159] evade responsibility for their promises. Reducing legal fees, assigning small causes to justices of...

David R. Marshall, JD, DNP, RN, CENP, NEA-BC

David R. Marshall, JD, DNP, RN, CENP, NEA-BC, is vice president and chief nursing & patient care services officer at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, Texas.

Maximum Density at NPE2015 and ANTEC®Orlando

Plastics EngineeringVolume 71, Issue 2 p. 6-10 Article Maximum Density at NPE2015 and ANTEC®Orlando Schedules (and buildings) will be packed at Florida's Orange County Convention Center this March Jon Evans, Jon EvansSearch for more papers by this author Jon Evans, Jon EvansSearch for more papers by this author First published: 01 February 2015 https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1941-9635.2015.tb01297.xAboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume71, Issue2February 2015Pages 6-10 RelatedInformation

Celebrating the power, promise of pharmacy at APhA’s Annual Meeting

Nearly 6,000 pharmacists and student pharmacists from every pharmacy practice setting converged in Orlando, FL, for the 2014 APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition on March 28 to 31. Attendees heard from thought leaders about changes and challenges facing the pharmacy profession, networked with colleagues, took in resources and information to strengthen their role as patient care providers, and celebrated the achievements of their peers. This year's theme, "The Power & Promise of Pharmacy," captured the changing role of pharmacists in health care.

Volume 85A, Number 5, May 2014 Cover Image

On the cover: Magnificent view of the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the venue for CYTO 2014. The background image depicts a flow cytometry‐based assessment of sperm viability in the honeybee Apis melliferafor future scientific research and honeybee breeding programs. Read the accompanying article by Paynter and colleagues in this issue.Cover design by Bärbel Beran [www.beran-design.de].

MP50-15 REDUCED GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR EXPRESSION PREDICTS BLADDER TUMOR RECURRENCE AND PROGRESSION

Orange County Convention Center, May 19, 2014 Reduced glucocorticoid receptor expression predicts bladder tumor recurrence and progression Takashi Kawahara1,2, Hitoshi Ishiguro1,2, Yichun Zheng1,2, George J. Netto1, Hiroshi Miyamoto1,2 1Departments of Pathology and Urology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center

Candidates announced for President-elect, Trustees

Meet the candidates for APhA's Board of Trustees and Presidentelect on Friday, March 28, 2:15pm to 3:15pm, Valencia Foyer, Orange County Convention Center, and during the first House of Delegates session, 3:30pm to 5:30 pm, Valencia A.

Spread the word about provider status: Pharmacists Provide Care

APhA's number one priority is seeking the recognition of pharmacists as health care providers who, through their patient care services, improve the access, quality, and value of health care. The campaign to promote pharmacist provider status, Pharmacists Provide Care, is being unveiled right here, right now at the 2014 APhA Annual Meeting & Exposition. During APhA2014, pharmacists and student pharmacists can learn about provider status; share their patient care stories; and attend provider status education sessions, including the Second General Session and a three-part series on the issue.

Patient care programs key component of APhA–ASP chapters

Each year, APhA–ASP chapter members have the opportunity to participate in various patient care programs, including Operation Diabetes, Operation Heart, Operation Immunization, Operation Self-Care, Generation Rx, and the National Patient Counseling Competition.