April 21, 2004
SYRACUSE --- Sally Roesch Wagner, nationally acclaimed scholar in women's history, presents "Matilda Joslyn Gage: Bringing Her into History," on Thursday, May 6, at 7 p.m. at the Petit Branch Library. Dr. Wagner's 45-minute presentation will be followed by a question-and-answer session.
Dr. Wagner, director of the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation in Fayetteville, is one of the first women in the U.S. to receive a doctorate for work in women's studies. Additionally, she founded one of the first women's studies program at CSU Sacramento. Her recent books include a monograph on the life of Gage, She Who Holds the Sky: Matilda Joslyn Gage and a Modern Reader's Edition of Woman, Church and State, Gage's 1893 classic.
A major leader of the women's rights movement, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1826-98) offered her Fayetteville home as a station on the Underground Railroad, was adopted into the Wolf Clan of the Mohawk Nation, encouraged her son-in-law L. Frank Baum to write his Oz stories, and worked for the separation of church and state. Dr. Wagner's talk will focus on the untold story of how Gage has come to be nearly written out of history. A book signing will follow the talk.
This event is made possible through Speakers in the Humanities, a program of the New York Council for the Humanities. Since its launch in 1983, the Speakers program has linked distinguished scholars with diverse audiences through the presentation of lectures on a broad range of topics. All Speakers events are free and open to the public, offering the very best in humanities scholarship to thousands of citizens throughout New York State.
Petit Branch Library is located at 105 Victoria Place, in the Westcott neighborhood of Syracuse. For more information, call 435-3636.
More info and attached photo from Web page:
www.matildajoslyngage.org/sally.htm
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