"Remember the Ladies": Women & Revolution

Conference Day 1, 20th May:

Taking place at Benjamin Franklin House, 36 Craven Street, London WC2N 5NF

Presenters:

• Joshua Provan - Ladies of Liberty: The Parallel lives of 3 American Revolutionaries
• Allison Norrie, Southern Connecticut State University - The Ladies of Litchfield: Sarah Pierce, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and a Republic of Women
• Elizabeth Rees, University of Virginia - Sisters and Spouses: First Ladies at the National Women’s Conference, Houston, Texas, 1977
• Laura Selene Rockefeller, University of York - Hiding in Plain Sight: Women Painters of the Early Republic
• Dr Katrina Ponti, Bewildered Between Duty and Inclination: American Girlhood and Diplomacy
• Dr Michael Hall, Benjamin Franklin House - Mrs Stevenson's House
• Dr Rebecca Brenner Graham, Brown - Remember Felicity Merriman: Colonial Williamsburg’s American Girl Doll and the Gendered Memory of the American Revolution
• Dr Allison Stagg, Technische Universität Darmstadt - Ladies Remember: the female collectors of early 19th century American political caricature
• Dr Margarida Cadima, The Legacy of the American Revolution in Edith Wharton’s Writing

• Keynote Speaker: Michele Gabrielson as Mercy Otis Warren

Conference Day 2, 21st May:

Taking place at the Worshipful Company of Founders, 1 Cloth Fair, London EC1A 7JQ

Presenters:

• Dr Charlene Boyer Lewis, Kalamazoo College - Treachery, Trauma, and Gender at West Point
• Dr Jon Chandler, University College London - Women and the Web of Credit: Jane Harris Keene, Catharine Greene, and the Afterlives of Revolutionary War Debt

Keynote Speakers:

• Paul “Polyp” Fitzgerald, cartoonist & writer
• Madeleine Goodall, Heritage Manager, Humanists UK

Cost:

Tickets are priced at a Suggested Donation, with each ticket including a light lunch and refreshments throughout the day.

In-person tickets (includes a light lunch and refreshments):

• Adults – £15
• Students – £5
• Donate £25 or more per ticket to receive a Benjamin Franklin House tote bag with a mystery pack of postcards

Virtual tickets (an event link will be emailed to you ahead of time):

• Adults – £8
• Students – £3
• Donate £15 or more per ticket to receive a voucher for any regular public offering at Benjamin Franklin House (Historical Experience, History & Architecture tour, or Self-guided tour)

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Benjamin Franklin House, 36 Craven Street, London, United Kingdom

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