BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20110912T030000Z DTEND:20110912T030000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:A.L.L. Presents: Civil War Letters and Writings - 09/11/2011 DESCRIPTION:NYS Lifelong Learning Month Event: Civil War Letters and WritingsIn recognition of NYS Lifelong Learning Month and the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War\, A.L.L. will present Civil War Letters and Writings read by living historian Maxine Getty. Ms. Getty has been doing historical impressions for the past 18 years and led two A.L.L. study groups on women of the 19th century. \n\nDressed in authentic reproduction period clothing\, Ms. Getty will introduce and share some writings of the following women: Mary Livermore: nurse\, relief organizer and suffragette\; Elizabeth Van Lew\, Union agent in the heart of the Confederacy\; S. Emma E. Edmonds\, nurse and spy\; Esther Hill Hawks\, “A Women Doctor’s Civil War\;” Georgeanna Woolsey Bacon and Eliza Woolsey Howland’s letters\; Mrs. John A. Logan\, “Reminiscences of a Soldier’s Wife\;” as well as some excerpts from “Trials and Triumphs\, The Women of the American Civil War.” These readings will bring to life the “Trials and Triumphs” of these extraordinary women as they faced extraordinary circumstances with courage and determination.\n\nCome join A.L.L. members\, college staff and members of the public to celebrate Lifelong Learning Month and the Sesquicentennial with this special lunchtime entertainment. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

NYS Lifelong Learning Month Event: Civil War Letters and Writings

In recognition of NYS Lifelong Learning Month and the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War\, A.L.L. will present Civil War Letters and Writings read by living historian Maxine Getty. Ms. Getty has been doing historical impressions for the past 18 years and led two A.L.L. study groups on women of the 19th century. \n\nDressed in authentic reproduction period clothing\, Ms. Getty will introduce and share some writings of the following women: Mary Livermore: nurse\, relief organizer and suffragette\; Elizabeth Van Lew\, Union agent in the heart of the Confederacy\; S. Emma E. Edmonds\, nurse and spy\; Esther Hill Hawks\, “A Women Doctor’s Civil War\;” Georgeanna Woolsey Bacon and Eliza Woolsey Howland’s letters\; Mrs. John A. Logan\, “Reminiscences of a Soldier’s Wife\;” as well as some excerpts from “Trials and Triumphs\, The Women of the American Civil War.” These readings will bring to life the “Trials and Triumphs” of these extraordinary women as they faced extraordinary circumstances with courage and determination.\n\nCome join A.L.L. members\, college staff and members of the public to celebrate Lifelong Learning Month and the Sesquicentennial with this special lunchtime entertainment. LOCATION:Empire State College\, Room 126 UID:e.2254.2491 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260429T165414Z URL:https://dev.saratoga.org/events/details/a-l-l-presents-civil-war-letters-and-writings-09-11-2011-09-11-2011-2491 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR