V The MTH&M and National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum present WOMEN OF THE AMERICAN WEST: A Lunchtime Conversation (Virtual)
V The MTH&M and National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum present WOMEN OF THE AMERICAN WEST: A Lunchtime Conversation (Virtual)
About This Show
Thursday, November 17, 2022
12:00 PM U.S. Eastern Time
Program takes place in Zoom Webinar. Look for email confirmation for the link to finish your registration.
After the outbreak of the Civil War, Samuel Clemens skedaddled out West to find fame, fortune and, eventually, his literary persona: Mark Twain. Sam was far from the only person out “roughing it” after lighting out for the territories. Women saddled up and forged their own place in the American West. With WOMEN OF THE AMERICAN WEST, a virtual lunchtime discussion, The Mark Twain House & Museum and the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum set out to explore these pioneering, adventurous and oft-neglected women as chronicled in two new books: BRAVE HEARTED: The Women of the American West by Katie Hickman and THE DIVORCE COLONY by April White. Joining the authors for this lunchtime virtual conversation will be Michael Grauer, the McCasland Chair of Cowboy Culture and Curator of Cowboy Collections and Western Art at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
Programs at The Mark Twain House & Museum are made possible in part by support from CT Humanities; the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts; Ensworth Charitable Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee; the Greater Hartford Arts Council’s United Arts Campaign; The Hartford; The Mark Twain Foundation; The National Endowment for the Humanities; and Travelers.
Show Details
Dates:
One Night Only: November 17, 2022