An Invitation to the Fourth Annual Quaker Genealogy & History Conference ~ "A Woman's Place . . ."

On the right is a photograph of Orthodox Friend Elizabeth Harvey

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

Thursday through Sunday, April 24th through 27th, 2008

For full schedule & registration materials & information go to our library webpage: http://www.mlcook.lib.oh.us/Pages/history_conference.html

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 (listen to his interview at http://campbeka.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=298846)

"African American Women Abolitionists & Quakers" ~ Shirley Yee

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

Also see announcement on "Eventful" website:
http://eventful.com/events/E0-001-008559358-8

 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.

For more information about "No Strangers Here Today" go to:
http://strangers.scatter.com/index.html. 

Our intro music is Mozart's Violin Concerto in G, Third Movement Rondeau, K 216, performed by David Oistrakh.  Used with permission, see Internet Archive, http://www.archive.org/index.php. 

 
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