MARION — In honor of Women’s History Month, and the 100^th anniversary of the passage of the 19^th Amendment, guaranteeing women’s right to vote, author and researcher Hannah Kimberley, PhD will speak to the Sippican Woman’s Club about women’s suffrage and her book “A Woman’s Place is at the Top,” a biography of Annie Smith Peck.

An early feminist and accomplished adventurer, Peck led an incredible life. She was a scholar, writer, lecturer and mountain climber, who first gained fame for scaling the Matterhorn — not for her daring feat, but because she climbed wearing pants.

She was ardent feminist, marched in suffrage parades, was president of the Joan of Arc Suffrage League in New York City,  and was a political speaker on women’s right to vote.

Kimberley will be with the Sippican Woman’s Club on Friday, March 13 at Handy’s Tavern, the club house for the Sippican Woman’s Club,  152 Front Street, Marion. A book signing will follow her talk.

There will be a light finger sandwich lunch at 12:30 p.m. before the program.  Guests and new members are always welcome.  To join the Woman’s Club, call Jeanne Lake at 508-748-0619.

Parking is across the street on Island Wharf.