News Release

Morristown National Historical Park July 15 & 16 Women’s History Events

Date: July 13, 2023
Contact: Dr. Jude Pfister, Chief of Cultural Service, 973-539-2016  x204

Dr. Daisy Century portraying first published enslaved African American, Phillis Wheatley.

Morristown National Historical Park
July 15 & 16 Women’s History Events, Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Phillis Wheatley
Saturday, July 15: Elizabeth Cady Stanton: All Men and Women are Created Equal!
Sunday, July 16: Phillis Wheatley: An Enslaved Poet
Free Admission

MORRISTOWN, NJ – Morristown National Historical Park (NHP) continues to celebrate its 90th anniversary as the nation’s first National Historical Park with special programs scheduled for the weekend of July 15 and 16.

Mark your calendars for: 

Saturday, July 15 at 1:00 p.m.-- Elizabeth Cady Stanton: All Men and Women are Created Equal!
American Historical Theater actress Kim Hanley will portray leading American women's rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Change does not necessarily occur easily within civilization and in the elusive effort to achieve equity for all, there are always those who would resist amending their personal status quo. Elizabeth Cady Stanton shows us that reforms which would improve human condition overall must be nurtured and fought for. A visit with Mrs. Cady Stanton is a visit with an inspirational dynamo! She will encourage her guests to arm themselves with information, law, precedent, and energy to carry on the fight for equality.

Sunday, July 16 at 1:00 p.m. -- Phillis Wheatley: An Enslaved Poet. American Historical Theater actress Dr. Daisy Century will portray the first published enslaved African American Phillis Wheatley. A copy of the park’s first edition of Wheatley’s poems will be on display. Phillis Wheatley’s life began in West Africa. Taken from her home on a slave ship when she was only seven, she was bought by the affluent and well-connected Wheatley family of Boston. The young girl looked so pitiful and so sickly and was “uncommonly intelligent,” so Mrs. Wheatley educated Phillis and had her work inside the house. She was further separated from other slaves because the Wheatley’s didn’t let her associate with them. Phillis Wheatley was between two worlds, belonging to neither.

*Location: Washington’s Headquarters Museum, 30 Washington Place, Morristown, New Jersey. Seating limited, first-come, first-served.

For a complete list of Morristown NHP’s 90th Anniversary events, see: https://www.nps.gov/morr/planyourvisit/90th-anniversary-calendar-of-events.htm

For more information about Morristown National Historical Park, please visit our website at https://www.nps.gov/morr/index.htm.

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American Historical Theater actress Kim Hanley portraying leading American women's rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton.