Upcoming Program

Historian Sarah Hogue will mark Women's History Month with her talk The Women’s American Revolution on Monday, March 2 at 12pm noon at the downtown branch of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System.​​

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While the contributions of soldiers in American Revolution are easily seen, it can often be more difficult to envision the role that women played during the war. Women provided valuable support during the Revolution, taking on a variety of wartime roles for the Continental Army: soldier, supplier, spy, and combat supporter. On the home front, women not only experienced battles near their own communities, but also provided important labor for their families that freed men to fight.  Women’s new-found freedoms and abilities during the war left them with a lasting question- what rights would they have in their newly founded nation? 

 

Sarah Hogue is a PhD candidate at the University of Southern Mississippi. Her research focuses on New England women’s access to the legal system, economic rights, and active participation in warfare during various colonial wars and the American Revolution.​

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This program is sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council.

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For more information, call the CLPLS at 662-329-5300.