Live From New Amsterdam: Revolutionary Women
Presented live on Zoom
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Histories of the Revolutionary War usually focus on men, but women played an important part in the war, too. Join New Netherland Institute director Deborah Hamer as she talks to Dr. Anna Danziger Halperin, Director of the Center for Women’s History at New York Historical, about the new exhibition Revolutionary Women (opening May 29) Learn more about what women did during the American Revolution and how New York’s women coped with the British occupation.
Anna Danziger Halperin is the Director of the Jean Margo Reid Center for Women’s History at The New York Historical. Anna received her doctorate from Columbia University and her research has been published in academic outlets such as American Historical Review and Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society as well as featured in popular media including the New York Times, Washington Post, PBS NewsHour, Time, and Vox. Since joining the Center for Women’s History in 2019, she has curated many exhibitions and special installations, including The New York Sari (Closing April 26) and the upcoming semiquincentennial exhibition, Revolutionary Women.
Deboarah Hamer Executive Director, the New Netherland Institute
Deborah Hamer is Director of the New Netherland Institute, where she is responsible for initiatives aimed at identifying, preserving, digitizing, and translating Dutch language documents in repositories around the world. She is a historian of the Dutch Atlantic world and received her Ph.D. from Columbia University.
Live From New Amsterdam is an ongoing series hosted by the New Netherland Institute and the New Amsterdam Project at The New York Historical. Through vibrant conversations with scholars and historians, each program will investigate new and exciting research related to New Amsterdam, New Netherland, and the lasting legacies of Dutch rule in New York.
Live From New Amsterdam is presented in partnership with the New Netherland Institute.
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