Portland, Maine 04101 United States
7:00 pm-8:00 pm
Exploring the intricacies of this trial and a scandal that captivated the nation, author Elizabeth A. DeWolfe demonstrates that a shared lack of power did not always lead to alliances among women. Join us for a look at the true story that has all the intrigue and suspense of a detective tale, and that chronicles the lives of women at the cusp of the twentieth century—the opportunities that beckoned them and the challenges that thwarted their dreams.
About the presenter: Elizabeth DeWolfe is Professor of History and co-founder of the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Program at the University of New England. Dr. DeWolfe’s research explores ordinary women who find themselves in extraordinary situations. Her study of the anti-Shaker activist Mary Marshall Dyer, Shaking the Faith, received the 2003 Outstanding Book Award from the Communal Studies Association. Her 2007 book on the textile factory operative Berengera Caswell, The Murder of Mary Bean and Other Stories, received book awards from the New England Historical Association and the Northeast Popular Culture Association, among others.
This program is part of our series Notorious: Maine Crime in the Public Eye, 1690–1940, and offered in conjunction with the exhibit of the same name.
Free and open to the public. Registration kindly requested.