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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University Chillicothe has partnered with WOUB Public Media to celebrate Women’s History Month with a screening of Trailblazing Women in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Politics on Tuesday, March 26, at 6 p.m. in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ University Chillicothe’s Bennett Hall Auditorium. The film will be followed by a panel featuring trailblazing women of Chillicothe. 

The hour-long documentary film was produced by WBGU and examines the achievements of Democratic and Republican women who have broken electoral barriers in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ. Greeted with skepticism by voters beginning in the 1960s, each trailblazer overcame obstacles and sometimes hostility to get elected. Featured trailblazers include the first woman Speaker of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ House of Representatives, the first African American woman lieutenant governor in all 50 states, and the longest-serving woman in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Following the screening, a panel of trailblazing women of Chillicothe will discuss the film and the state of women in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Politics. Panelists include Stacy Brooks, Senior Judicial Attorney for the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Supreme Court; Kristal Spetnagel, Chillicothe City Auditor; Dr. Jean Kearney, former Chillicothe City Council Member; Alicia Gray, former Chillicothe City Council Member; Nancy King; former Chillicothe City Council Member, and first woman to hold that office; Margaret Planton, former Mayor of Chillicothe, and first woman to hold that office.

The series will premiere on WOUB TV on Thursday, March 28, at 9 p.m.

The event is free and open to the public and is co-sponsored by the Chillicothe & Ross County Public Library and the Chillicothe-Ross League of Women Voters.