Fifth Annual Governor Henry Lecture:

“Patrick Henry’s Dependents:
Women and Families in Revolutionary Virginia”


Dr. Cynthia A. Kierner, professor of history at the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte, will present the Fifth Annual Governor Henry
Lecture at Charlotte Court House on Sunday, April 17, and again at the
Library of Virginia on Monday, April 18, 2005. Her lecture will discuss
“Patrick Henry’s Dependents: Women and Families in Revolutionary
Virginia.”

Using the experiences of Patrick Henry’s family as an example, Professor
Kierner will examine the lives of Virginia women and their families during
the revolutionary era. How did women and other civilians experience
wartime violence and deprivation during the American Revolution? To what
extent did they participate in the radical political ferment that
accompanied the imperial crisis and the subsequent War for Independence?
What effects did the Revolution have on what women did--and what they
thought about their roles and rights?

After undergraduate studies in history and political science at McGill
University, Professor Kierner received her M.A. and Ph.D in history from
the University of Virginia. In addition to the University of North
Carolina at Charlotte, she has taught at Concordia University in Montreal
and the University of Virginia, and she is currently vice-president of the
Southern Association for Women Historians.

Professor Kierner’s most recent book, _Scandal at Bizarre: Rumor and
Reputation in Jefferson’s America_, was published by Palgrave/St. Martin’s
Press in December 2004.

Professor Kierner’s previous books include _Beyond the Household: Women's
Place in the Early South, 1700-1835_ (Cornell University Press, 1998),
_Southern Women in Revolution, 1776-1800: Personal and Political
Narratives_ (University of South Carolina Press, 1998), _Revolutionary
America, 1750-1815: Sources and Interpretation_ (Prentice Hall, 2002), and
_Traders and Gentlefolk: The Livingstons of New York, 1675-1790_ (Cornell
University Press, 1992).

The annual Governor Henry Lecture is jointly sponsored by the Patrick
Henry Memorial Foundation and the Library of Virginia. The events are open
to the public at no charge.

Dr. Kierner’s lecture in the historic courthouse at Charlotte Court House
is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 17, 2004.

Dr. Kierner’s lecture at the Library of Virginia is scheduled for 5:30
p.m. on Monday, April 18, 2004. Rare items from the Library of Virginia’s
Patrick Henry collections, which include Henry’s official papers as the
first governor of the Commonwealth, will be exhibited that evening.
Parking is available at the Library of Virginia at no charge.

The Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation owns and operates Red Hill, the
patriot’s last home and burial place overlooking the Staunton River in
Charlotte County, Virginia.

The Library of Virginia holds the world's most extensive collection of
material about the Old Dominion and has been a steward of the
commonwealth's documentary and printed heritage since 1823.



Dr. Jon Kukla, Executive Vice-President
Red Hill - The Patrick Henry National Memorial
1250 Red Hill Road
Brookneal, Virginia 24528
www.redhill.org

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