24 Results for tag "Women"

• Freedom's Paradox

  Explore the paradox of the institution of slavery and the movement for independence in a 60 minute walking tour which begins and ends at the Randolph Yard.

• She Had on When She Went Away

  Explore the material culture and lives of self-liberated Black women in the 18th century and the society they inhabited.

• My Dear Madam

  Mrs. Washington reflects on her life in the public eye and how her friendship with Mrs. Adams has shaped their shared role of President’s lady.

• Private Family Tour

  Your group's private guide will lead your family through town to learn more about what it was like to live in the 18th century.

• Revolutionary Points of View

  Step back in time to the eve of the American Revolution and there are just as many opinions about war and independence as we hear about politics and religion today.

• Quiltmaker

  Celebrate the life of Alabama quilter, Susana Allen Hunter as we discuss one of her pieced quilts. Then make a mini-quilt to take home.

• Home Educators Loquacious Lucy, Queen for a Day

  Lucy, a gregarious and loquacious enslaved child, learns that her best friend has been sold. Her father must teach her hard lessons about slavery and the pride of her ancestors.

• Home Educators Private History Walking Tour

  Your group's private guide will lead your family through town to learn more about what it was like to live in the 18th century.

• Home Educator Lessons in Survival with Edith Cumbo

  Discover what family meant to those in the Black community, both free and enslaved, and how education was a means to survival.

• Sentiments of American Women

  This museum theatre program explores the connection between the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of 18th-century women and women of today.

• A Patriotic American

  Elizabeth Braxton, wife of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, reflects on the changes, challenges, and consequences faced by her family during the Revolution.

• Visit a Nation Builder- Clementina Rind

  Step into the past with Clementina Rind, Mistress of a Free Press.

• Juvenilia

  An aspiring young writer persuades her siblings and friend into performing a double bill of mystery and comedy for her father within the family parlor.

• Please Stay Little Stranger

  Follow Mrs. Rind as she examines the dangerous journey of childhood from her own life, newspaper articles, and the experiences of friends, neighbors, and their enslaved people.

• Ladies of Llangollen

  In 1780, Sarah Ponsonby and Eleanor Butler eloped together. This musical romance gives life to the ladies’ own words, lovingly adapted from their diaries, letters, and poetry.

• The Actors' Lament

  See a new humorous interactive play, engaging you in a theatre company's intrigues and secrets. Will they open on time? Find out during this open-air evening theater experience!

• Alcohol in 18th and 19th c. Virginia

  Author Tara Nurin discusses both the common and unique ways alcohol production in colonial and pre-industrial Virginia was produced by women.

• 5 Things You Might Not Have Known About Martha Washington

  Martha Washington could be considered a household name in America. There are Martha Washington cookbooks, children’s books, and even a Martha Washington Minuet!

• How We Know What We Know About Milliner Margaret Hunter

  Have you ever wondered how Colonial Williamsburg interpreters know what we know? How do we know, for example, what furniture to put in the Governor’s Palace? How do we know how much it cost to buy a meal in a tavern? How do we know that Peyton Randolph owned 27 …

• Cutting to the Chase

  Getting new clothing in the 18th century was much more of a participatory process than it is today. Mantua-makers — dressmakers — used a process called “cutting to the body” to create most fitted clothing for women. Before mass-produced clothing, standardized sizing, or commercial patterns existed, fitted garments were made …

• To Makes Ends Meet: Working Women in the 18th Century

  If I had a nickel for every time someone inquired about why a woman would be working in an 18th-century Joinery, I’d have...lots and lots of nickels.Don’t get me wrong, I love to hear this question. I have devoted my career to researching, learning, and teaching about working women in …

• A Woman Computer

  Finding a practical yet reliable method for determining longitude at sea was one of the major scientific quandaries of the 18th century. In 1759, John Harrison debuted his H4 chronometer which ran reliably enough to make the longitude calculation a simple multiplication problem. Unfortunately, devices like Harrison’s “longitude watch” remained …

• Myth Busting with Martha

  “Have you heard the one about George Washington’s wooden teeth?!” Yep, I’ve heard it. I’ve also heard the one about the cherry tree, and (to my amusement) the one about Martha Washington actually being a man and George a woman—yes, you read that correctly. I hear a lot of myths …

• The Ladies Advisory Committee

  Work on the restoration of 18th-century Williamsburg was barely underway and Dr. W.A.R. Goodwin had a problem. Local residents were criticizing interior colors and furniture selections because they were all being decided upon by “Northerners.” Some even dubbed the start of the restoration work as a “Yankee invasion.”Many aspects of …