his year marks the 70th year in Nebraska’s experiment with a one-house legislature. The tale of this adventure in governing will be featured in a presentation by Dr. Charlyne Berens , College of Journalism and Mass Communications professor at the University Nebraska-Lincoln and UNP author, at noon on Thursday, February 15 at the Nebraska State Historical Society’s Museum of Nebraska History, 15th and P Streets, Lincoln.

“The Nebraska Unicameral:  Still Progressive After All these Years”  is based on the research Dr. Berens did for the University of Nebraska Press book One House: The Unicameral’s Progressive Vision for Nebraska. When Nebraska citizens in the 1930s voted with proponent Senator George W. Norris for a unicameral legislature, they were hoping for a more open, responsive, responsible, and non-partisan legislative body.  Dr. Berens will look at the record to see how that progressive dream became reality.   

The 12 noon presentation is part of the Brown Bag History Forum at the Nebraska State Historical Society’s Museum of Nebraska History, 15th and P Streets, Lincoln. The brown bag lecture is open to the public free of charge, and will be re-broadcast on 5CityTV in the Lincoln area with support from the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation.

For more information visit http://www.nebraskahistory.org or call 402.471.4754. 

Charlyne Berens is also the author of
Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward.