Newfoundland & Labrador Women’s History in Poetry and Fiction

Sun Nov 09 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:30 pm UTC-03:30

90 Military Rd, St John's, NL A1C 2C8, Canada | St. John's

Newfoundland and Labrador Historical Society
Publisher/HostNewfoundland and Labrador Historical Society
Newfoundland & Labrador Women\u2019s History in Poetry and Fiction
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Featuring Mary Dalton, Leahdawn Helena, Robin McGrath, Trudy Morgan-Cole, and Agnes Walsh
Welcome to an evening with local poets and authors discussing the ways in which they are inspired by, and how they approach, women and gender in their historical writing. This event is a partnership between the Newfoundland & Labrador Historical Society and Provincial Historic Sites and will conclude the 3-day symposium, Up She Rises! A Public Forum about Women and Gender in Newfoundland and Labrador History (Nov 7-9, 2025).
This event are free to attend but will require reservations in advance due to limited seating capacity. Doors open at 6:30pm. To reserve a seat, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/newfoundland-labrador-womens-history-in-poetry-and-fiction-tickets-1866047671819
For those unable to attend in person the event will be streamed online at https://zoom.us/j/98857733044?pwd=bpeyD6a4bEAIITQvFHfkac9mSIYYzp.1
Images courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives – Parks Canada Collection, A 51-1 Unidentified woman, 1920s (left); Edwin Neyle Murray Collection, NA 27001.2 [Jeanette] reading letter (centre); Charles C. Cousens Collection, VA 82-62.1 Elsie (Cook) Manning (right)
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