Year of the Woman: Sisters in Solidarity?

For Women’s History Month, we’ll explore this question: Why wasn’t Harriet more supportive of another Harriet (Jacobs) when the latter sought help publishing her own narrative of her enslaved years? We’ll consider the relationship between Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Jacobs’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861).See suggested reading at: https://www.stowehousecincy.org/year-of-the-woman-discussion-series.html [https://www.stowehousecincy.org/year-of-the-woman-discussion-series.html] Throughout 2020 our popular monthly discussion series will honor the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting American women the right to vote. This all-new series will cover a variety of topics relating to Harriet’s connections with other women authors and women’s issues of her day. ​Discussions will be led by Dr. John Getz (Professor Emeritus, Xavier University) and various co-leaders. Each discussion will be self-contained so participants can jump in at any point. Suggested readings are be posted, but we’ll always have handouts for anyone who can’t read ahead. ​On discussion nights the House opens for tours at 6:00 pm. A donation of $5.00 for the evening is suggested; tours and discussion are free for members. ​​ This series is sponsored by Ann Lugbill & Associates.