Janie York will present "Remember the Ladies: Stitching Together a Revolution" at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, in Connell Hall, Room 131.
Independent scholar Janie York will explore the role our founding mothers played in the American Revolution during “Remember the Ladies: Stitching Together a Revolution” on Thursday, Sept. 17, at Wayne State College. The public is invited.
The program, scheduled for 4 p.m. in Wayne State’s Connell Hall, Room 131, is being held in conjunction with Constitution Day. It is funded in part by Humanities Nebraska and co-sponsored by Wayne State’s chapter of the Phi Alpha Theta national history honorary.
The words of Abigail Adams, wife of John Adams resonate in the title. She beseeched her husband to “Remember the Ladies” as he and the Continental Congress created the document that would shape this new democracy. Women of the time used their cunning, creativity, and skills with the needle to craft a story of how they supported the efforts of the military. Audience members will meet activists, impersonators, and seamstresses who supported the war effort and, in some cases, changed its trajectory.
Humanities Nebraska provides major funding for this program. It receives support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Nebraska State Legislature, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and private donations.
“Remember the Ladies: Stitching Together a Revolution” is one of approximately 300 programs offered through the Humanities Nebraska Speakers Bureau. More than 165 available speakers include acclaimed scholars, writers, musicians, storytellers, and folklorists on topics ranging from pioneer heritage to ethics and law to international and multicultural issues, making it the largest humanities speakers bureau in the nation.
Speakers are available to any nonprofit organization in Nebraska. Each program lasts 30 minutes to an hour, plus a question-and-answer period.
The most frequent users of the Humanities Nebraska Speakers Bureau are primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities, libraries, museums and historical societies, agencies for the elderly, rural organizations, churches, arts organizations, and ethnic organizations. Humanities Nebraska sponsors the largest Speakers Bureau program in the United States, according to the National Endowment for the Humanities.
For information regarding available speakers and guidelines for booking them, visit www.humanitiesnebraska.org (Speakers section), or contact Humanities Nebraska at 215 Centennial Mall South, Suite 330, Lincoln, NE 68508, 402-474-2131, or [email protected].