Growing Discontented: Women Patriots & the Political Rhetoric of the Founding Era

Sunday, Mar. 30, 2pm

The Bronck Museum is pleased to announce this year’s Olga Santora Women’s History Lecture presented by historian Dr. Lawrence Howard

The lecture is free and open to the public.

Bronck Museum
Vedder Research Library
90 County Route 42
Coxsackie, NY 12051

Even before tea was dumped into Boston’s harbor in 1773, before shots were fired at Lexington and Concord in 1775, and before the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, concerned citizens participated in the political dialog taking place throughout the thirteen American colonies of British North America. This dialog, of course, led to the Revolution and eventually an independent nation. We often refer to these citizens as the Founding Fathers. But what about women Patriots?

Politics in the 1700s was normally reserved for men. But in this year’s Women’s History Month Lecture, Dr. Howard will share the story about how several women patriots influenced political ideas in revolutionary America, generating support for American political independence from Britain. And we will, as Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John in early 1776, “Remember the Ladies.'”

The Greene County Historical Society established the Women’s History Lectures to honor the late Dr. Olga Santora, Past President of the Society. Olga was a tireless educator Principal of Coxsackie Elementary School, Professor at SUNY New Platz and a Greene County literacy volunteer. Above all she was ahead of her time in promoting and supporting the interests and aspirations of women in all walks of life.

The lecture will take place in the Reading Room of the Vedder Research Library located on the grounds of the Bronck Museum at 90 County Route 42, Coxsackie. The Olga Santora Lecture is free and open to the general public. For more information call 518-731-6490 or www.gchistory.org.