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NEWS
RELEASE U..
department of the interior
national
park service
For
Immediate Release
Women's
Equality Day Celebration at
Women's Rights National Historical Park
For
more information, contact::
Jude Pfister
315-568-2991, ext. 14
e-mail:Jude Pfister
SENECA FALLS - Women's
Equality Day, Aug. 26, salutes the efforts of women to achieve their full
potential as equal members of all facets of society, so it is fitting
that Women's Rights National Historical Park salutes the multi-faceted
Elizabeth Cady Stanton this year.
Stanton was a woman of many talents - a philosopher, writer and internationally
known women's rights activist who could sew her children's clothes, cook
meals and manage a household that often included visiting dignitaries.
Jude Pfister, curator at Women's Rights Park, will give a far-ranging
talk on 1860:Elizabeth Cady Stanton and her World," at 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 26, in the park's Guntzel Theater. The talk is open to the
public. The standard admission fee of $2 will be collected.
"Elizabeth Cady Stanton was not a one-dimensional person, and so
I decided to make this talk as multi-dimensional as she was," Pfister
said.
Pfister said Stanton was greatly impressed by the 1860 novel, Adam Bede
by George Eliot. In his talk, Pfister will discuss the various interpretations
of the novel, the life of George Eliot and her indirect role in the British
women's movement and will look at the 1860 Women's Rights Convention in
New York. He also will discuss book publishing in the United States in
1860, the importance of books to Stanton's generation and the present,
and the curatorial care of books.
Among the artifacts Pfister will show during his talk will be Stanton's
1869 edition of Adam Bede.
Pfister joined the staff at Women's Rights National Historical Park this
summer. He has worked in the National Park Service curatorial field for
nearly eight years, serving at Northeast Museum Services Center, Adams
National Historical Park, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Site
and Longfellow National Historic Site. He earned his bachelor's degree
in history from Delaware State University and his master's in history
from Washington College.
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