The first campaign for women’s suffrage in Kansas will be the topic of two presentations by Kansas State University alumna Janice Parks Dreiling for the university’s observance of Women’s History Month in March.

Dreiling is a retired Oklahoma administrative district judge who now has a private law practice in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in sociology from Kansas State University before going on to earn her law degree from the University of Tulsa.

Her two Kansas State University presentations will be based on the book she is writing about the early campaign for women’s suffrage.

Dreiling’s first talk, “Woman Suffrage: the First Campaign, Kansas 1867; Learn the Story, Remember It, Tell It,” will be the annual Women’s Studies Advisory Board lecture, Thursday, March 5 at the Manhattan Country Club. A social hour and dinner, beginning at 5:30 p.m. will precede her talk. The events are open to the public. Tickets are $45, $35 for students, and can be purchased by calling Kim Garver at 785-532-5738 by Friday, February 27.

Her second talk, “Why You Don’t Know about Woman Suffrage and What You Need to Know,” will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, march 6, in the Hemisphere room at Hale Library. The public is welcome to attend.