Notable Women of RI
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This lecture will focus on three remarkable Rhode Island women of the 19th and 20th centuries. Maud Howe Elliott was a social and political activist, Pulitzer Prize-winning author, and founder of the Newport Art Association. With a gifted voice, Sissieretta Jones rose to celebrity as a great singer and became the first African-American woman to headline a concert on the main stage of Carnegie Hall. While touring the nation and the world, she sang at the White House for four presidents. Lastly, Princess Red Wing of the Seven Crescents—educator, historian, artist, and storyteller—spent her life preserving the culture of her Indigenous people and educating all who would listen.
Doors open at 10:00 for refreshments, and the lecture starts at 10:30 with Q & A to follow.
Pre-registration is required.
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