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.