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What if we heard their voices? What if we had their wisdom?
What did they know that we need to know today?
Join us for an evening of discourse, artistic performances, wine and cuisine exploring the lives of four extraordinary historic women of upstate N.Y.
This event is presented by the Cafe de la Culture Intern Program, in partnership with The Catskill Center as a fundraising gala and literary salon for The 10th Annual Halloween Journey by Cara Cruickshank. www.halloweenjourney.com
This event is by invitation only and has a limit of 35 seats available, first come, first served! Ticket prices are tiered and ticket sales support the creation of The Halloween Journey 2019. Be a "friend", a "crush" or a "partner" in helping us raise funds for our scholarship ticket fund to allow low-income families and children to have a safe and enchanting Halloween experience. If you are unable to attend, and would like to support Cafe de la Culture Events, please make a tax-deductible donation on this ticket link (https://erasedwomen.bpt.me) or go to https://halloweenjourney.bpt.me
Held at a private venue, the exact location will be provided once you RSVP.
We will explore the lives of:
Sojourner Truth: Born a slave in 1797 near Kingston, N.Y. and escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. She then filed a lawsuit when her son was illegally sold into slavery, and became the first African-American woman to win a case in court against a white man. She became an abolitionist and women's rights activist. After the Civil War, she tried unsuccessfully to secure land grants from the federal government for former slaves.
Mathilda Jocelyn Gage: Born in 1826. She worked closely with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in founding the suffrage movement and became a Native American rights activist and adopted member of the Mohawk Tribe, abolitionist, free thinker, and prolific author. She served as president of both the N.Y. State Suffrage Association and the National Woman's Suffrage Association. Her views on feminism were considered too radical, so in 1890 she organized the Woman's National Liberal Union, to assert woman's natural right to self-government; preserve the principles of civil and religious liberty; emphasize the danger of a union of church and state, and denounce the doctrine of woman's inferiority.
Lucy Ann Lobdell: Also known as "The Female Hunter", was born in 1829 to a working class family of farmers. After leaving home, she created a male identity as Joseph Lobdell. She/He became an ordained minister, started a singing school, moved to the frontier, married a woman and lived a dangerous life in the face of 19th century social restriction and gender norms, running from the law and hate crimes.
Grandmother Twylah Nitsch: Born in 1913 on the Cattaraugus Native American Reservation. She was raised by her grandfather, a medicine man, and grandmother in the Wolf Clan of the Seneca Tribe in the Iroquois Confederacy. She formed the Seneca Indian Historical Society, teaching workshops throughout the world. In 1999 she received the Living Treasures of north America Heritage Award in honor of her life's work.
Your ticket donation helps support the Halloween Journey 2019 scholarship ticket fund for low-income families. If you are unable to attend, and would like to support Cafe de la Culture Events, please make a donation on the ticket link (https://erasedwomen.bpt.me). All donations are tax deductible. To learn more about Cafe de la Culture, go to www.cafedelaculture.com
