Celebrate Women’s History Month and learn how Clara Barton fought her own battle for women’s rights.
Women's History
EVENT POSTPONED. Hermina Glass-Hill, award-winning historian, will reminisce about Susie King Taylor–Civil War nurse and teacher.
POSTPONED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER. Explore the true stories of women who fought as soldiers in the Civil War
Learn the inspiring story of one woman’s efforts to prove her sanity and reform 19th century mental health care.
Historian Jennifer Ochman presents her first-person interpretation of famous author and nurse, Louisa May Alcott.
Learn about Mary Ann Shadd Cary, an African American woman who recruited for the Union Army
John Lustrea will talk with Tracey McIntire and Audrey Scanlan-Teller about women who disguised themselves as men and fought in the Civil War
Dr. Brandi Brimmer will discuss her book “Claiming Union Widowhood” about black women in the Civil War and post-war pension system.
John Lustrea will talk with historian Janice Nimura about her book The Doctors Blackwell: How Two Sisters Brought Medicine to Women and Women to Medicine.
