Civil War and Civil Rights in Philadelphia

Civil War and Civil Rights in Philadelphia

REGISTRATION FOR PROGRAM NOW OPEN

On Thursday, April 7, author, historian, and Villanova University history professor Dr. Judith Giesberg will join LancasterHistory virtually to explore the Philadelphia civil rights community and highlight the work of numerous African American women in schools and churches during the Civil War and afterwards.

Judith Giesberg, Ph.D.Judith Giesberg, Ph.D., is the Robert M. Birmingham Chair in the Humanities and Professor of History at Villanova University. Giesberg is the author of five books, Civil War Sisterhood: The United States Sanitary Commission and Women’s Politics in Transition (Boston, MA:  Northeastern University Press, 2000),“Army at Home:” Women and the Civil War on the Northern Home Front (Chapel Hill, NC:  University of North Carolina Press, 2009), Keystone State in Crisis:  Pennsylvania in the Civil War (Pennsylvania Historical Association, 2013), and Emilie Davis’s Civil War:  The Diaries of a Free Black Woman in Philadelphia, 1863-1865 (State College, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2014.)  Judy’s latest book, Sex and the Civil War:  Soldiers, Pornography, and the Making of Modern Morality, (University of North Carolina Press) was published in 2017.  Judy directs a digital project, Last Seen:  Finding Family After Slavery, that is collecting, digitizing, and transcribing information wanted ads taken out by former slaves looking for family members lost to the domestic slave trade.


EVENT DETAILS & HOW TO REGISTER

This event will take place online via Zoom on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at 7pm Eastern. This is NOT an in-person event.

The program is free and open to the public but requires advance registration. Register online by clicking “Get Tickets” below or by calling (717) 392-4633. Your link to the Zoom event will be emailed to you upon successful registration. If you are unfamiliar with Zoom, we highly recommend reading our Virtual Event Guide & FAQ in advance the of the event. Registration will close online on April 7 at 6:50pm ET.


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Online/Virtual Event Lecture

April 7, 2022 Online via Zoom 7pm ET Free | Advance Registration Required