How to resolve AdBlock issue? SCHUYLERVILLE — The Marshall House’s Women in War: The Revolutionary Experience – A Symposium will be held on May 14. The event will bring together regional and nationally known historians of the American Revolution to provide insights into the experiences and actions of some extraordinary women.
“Women played an important role and often the little-known history of the American Revolution,” Saratoga County historian Lauren Roberts said, in a statement. “This symposium is a great opportunity to start commemorations for the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution by gathering some of the leading scholars to talk about camp followers, Loyalist women, officer wives, prisoners, and an American Indian.”
Featuring keynote speaker, Dr. Holly Mayer, Professor Emerita in History at Duquesne University, a visiting instructor at West Point, and author of Belonging to the Army: Camp Followers and Community during the American Revolution (2001), the Women in War symposium will provide engaging opportunities for attendees to meet with leading historians. Session topics include women warriors, Loyalist women, the Army’s essential support – “Camp followers,” Baroness Frederika Riedesel, a general’s wife, and Molly Brant, a Mohawk leader in Colonial America. Speakers also include historian Todd Braisted, author of Grand Forage 1778: The Battleground Around New York City (2018), social historian Jenna Schnitzer, researcher Jonathon House, and the biographer of Molly Brant, Lois Huey.
The Marshall House, in partnership with the Saratoga County 250th American Revolution Commission and the Saratoga County History Center, is hosting the Women in War symposium. And will be held at the Saratoga Town Hall in Schuylerville.
Tickets may be purchased at themarshallhouse.org or by calling 518-695-3765. Registration by May 11 for the symposium is $50 per person for the entire day, including lunch, refreshments and a visit to Marshall House. Speakers’ books will be available to purchase and have signed by the authors. Registration information is available at themarshallhouse.org.
