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The 4th Annual Quaker Genealogy & History Conference ~ "A Woman's Place . . .Southwest Ohio Quaker Women and Reform Movements, 1800-1860"

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Apr 24, 2008 all day (Thursday)

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The Mary L. Cook Public Library (map)

381 Old Stage Road
Waynesville, Ohio 45068
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"A Woman's Place . . ." is sponsored by both the Mary L. Cook Public Library in Waynesville, Ohio and Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio. The speakers and topics dur...

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  • campbeka
    See schedule and registration materials on The Mary L. Cook Public LIbrary website at http://www.mlcook.lib.oh.us/Pages/history_conference.html
    campbeka posted this 6 months ago
  • campbeka
    The sessions of the conference will be held in both Waynesville and Wilmington, Ohio. In Waynesville the sessions will be held in The Mary L. Cook Public LIbrary and the two Quaker meetinghouses, the Red Brick and White Brick Meetinghouses. When in Wilmington, the sessions will be in the Quaker Heritage Center and the Boyd Cultural Center on the campus of Wilmington College.
    campbeka posted this 7 months ago
  • campbeka
    The picture above is a photograph of Orhtodox Quaker Minister Bethia Furnas.
    campbeka posted this 7 months ago
  • campbeka
    For schedule and registration materials go to this webpage: http://www.mlcook.lib.oh.us/Pages/history_conference.html For more information contact: Ruth Dobyns Curator, Quaker Heritage Center Wilmington College 937-382-6661 X 719 ruth_dobyns@wilmington.edu Karen Campbell Genealogy Librarian The Mary L. Cook Public Library 513-897-4826 campbeka@oplin.org
    campbeka posted this 7 months ago

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For all four days of the conference + tours +meals is $185.00. Participants can register for separate events and days.
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"A Woman's Place . . ." is sponsored by both the Mary L. Cook Public Library in Waynesville, Ohio and Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio.

The speakers and topics during the conference include:

"How to Do Quaker Genealogy Research" ~ Karen Campbell

"The Life and Work of Lucretia Coffin Mott" ~ Beverly Wilson Palmer (listen to her interview at http://campbeka.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=295099)

"Radical Quaker Women and the Early Women's Rights Movement" ~ Christopher Densmore

"Quaker Women in the Ministry" ~ Mary Garman

"Who was Priscilla Cadwallader?" ~ Thomas Hamm

"African American Women Abolitionists & Quakers" ~ Shirley Yee

"A Brief History of the Growth and Development of African American Communities in Ohio" ~ Stephen Vincent

Each year the conference publishes a report of the Research Committee. This year's report will be available for purchase during the conference, "A Woman's Place . . .Committee Report" as well as a CD-Rom presentation given during the conference. The report will be $15.00. The CD-Rom presentation of the report, $5.00.

Past Publications of the Conference:

Friendly Research: An Introduction to Quaker Genealogical Research with Bibliographies of Primary, Secondary & Internet Resources by Karen Campbell $15.00, CD-Rom, $5.00.

Quaker Ministry in the Wilderness: Commitment to Faith, Courage to Educate, Daring to Care ~ The Harvey Family of Harveysburg, Ohio & Clinton County, Ohio by Karen Campbell $15.00, CD-Rom $5.00.

Anti-Slavery & the Underground Railroad ~ Taking a Risk for Freedom: Report of the Research Committee by Karen Campbell $15.00, CD-Rom, $5.00.

From 7:30 to 9 PM on Saturday evening, April 26, 2008, in the White Brick Meetinghouse in Waynesville, there will be a performance of "No Strangers Here Today" with Susan Banyas. For more information about "No Strangers Here Today" go to: http://strangers.scatter.com/index.html.

On Sunday, April 27, 2008 there will be a tour starting in Wilmington at 9 AM. The tour will be of historical sites relating to Quaker women reformers in southwest Ohio. The tour includes worship with Fall Creek Friends Meeting and lunch.

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