
McMenamins Edgefield History Pub
McMenamins Edgefield & Troutdale Historical Society
Present

Oregon's Others: Gender, Civil liberties, and the Surveillance State
Presented by Kimberly Jensen
In the era of the First World War and its aftermath, the quest to identify, restrict, and punish internal enemy "others," combined with eugenic thinking, severely curtailed civil liberties for many people in Oregon and the nation. Professor Kimberly Jensen will share research from her new book 𝑂𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑜𝑛'𝑠 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠: 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟, 𝐶𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝐿𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑇𝑤𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑡ℎ 𝐶𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑦 through the lens of gender, gender identity and presentation, ability, race, ethnicity, and class.
Exclusionary and invasive practices ranged from forced wartime registration of women and "enemy aliens" to the incarceration of women with sexually transmitted diseases, the use of deportations, forced sterilization at the Oregon State Hospital, and restrictive licensing laws directed at Japanese Americans. But some Oregonians, including women and gender nonconforming people, resisted the restrictions and challenges to their civil liberties. Their determination to maintain their rights and freedoms fueled movements for human rights, social justice, and dissent that still reverberate today.
Kimberly Jensen is professor of history and gender studies at Western Oregon University and a member of the executive and editorial boards of the Oregon Encyclopedia of History and Culture. She is the author of 𝑀𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑎: 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑊𝑎𝑟 and 𝑂𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑜𝑛'𝑠 𝐷𝑜𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑: 𝐸𝑠𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑃𝑜ℎ𝑙 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑗𝑜𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑚.
Monday, February 10th 2025
Doors at 6pm / Program at 7pm
Tickets $5
Blackberry Hall - McMenamins Edgefield
2126 SW Halsey, Troutdale, Oregon 97060