Program in Women’s History Events
Below are our upcoming Program in Women’s History events. For a full list of upcoming Library Company Events, please visit our events calendar.
april
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Bound and Boarded: Representations of Native Motherhood in U.S. Art and Culture A Lecture with Dr. Shana Reisig Monday, April 8, 2024 7:00 PM ET Virtual Event |
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Bound and Boarded: Representations of Native Motherhood in U.S. Art and Culture
A Lecture with Dr. Shana Reisig
Monday, April 8, 2024
7:00 PM ET
Virtual Event | Free
Few scholars have investigated representations of Native American motherhood in U.S. art, but the subject was everywhere. Representations of Native mothers were shown repeatedly from the 18th through 20th centuries and by some of the most famous U.S. painters of Native American subject matter. While the image varies—a woman seated and holding a child on her lap or standing and bending over from the weight of a cradleboard—most U.S. artists did not stray from the trope that performed many meanings for non-Native artists and viewers. This presentation will consider how Native motherhood was highly visible and politically-charged in art by non-Native artists who used representations of motherhood to shape conversations about Native land dispossession.
Sponsored by The Davida Tenenbaum Deutsch Program in Women’s History
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(Monday) 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm(GMT-04:00)
august
06aug5:30 pm7:30 pm Dolls of our Lives : Exploring American Girlhood Then and NowFree
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Dolls of Our Lives: Exploring American Girlhood Then and Now A Book Talk and Collection Review with Mary Mahoney and Amy Sopcak Joseph Tuesday, August 6, 2024 Reception
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Dolls of Our Lives: Exploring American Girlhood Then and Now
A Book Talk and Collection Review with Mary Mahoney and Amy Sopcak Joseph
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
Reception at 5:30 PM | Lecture at 6:00 PM
In-Person Event | Free
Combining history, travelogue, and memoir, Dolls of Our Lives: Why We Can’t Quit American Girl (Macmillan Publishers, 2023), follows Allison Horrocks and Mary Mahoney on an unforgettable journey to the past as they delve into the origins of the iconic American Girl doll brand. Through interviews with a legion of devoted doll lovers, a field trip to Colonial Williamsburg, a place that inspired Pleasant to create American Girl, and an exploration of their own (complicated) fandom, their work takes a deep dive into one of the ’90s’ most coveted products. Join Mary Mahoney for a discussion about the nostalgia and allure of American Girl dolls and see Library Company collections related to American girlhood.
Sponsored by The Davida Tenenbaum Deutsch Program in Women’s History
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Time
(Tuesday) 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm(GMT-04:00)