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