Program Type:
PerformanceAge Group:
AdultsProgram Description
Event Details
Adapted and Performed by Betsey Means
Directed by Eileen Vorbach
Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was an American social activist and leading figure of the early women’s movement. Her Declaration of Sentiments, presented at the first women’s rights convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York, is often credited with initiating the first organized woman’s rights and woman’s suffrage movements in the United States. In 1851, she met Susan B. Anthony and formed a decades long partnership. Her unwavering dedication to women’s suffrage resulted in the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.
Betsey Means is a professional actress who has performed with Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Shakespeare on the Green, Blue Rider Theatre, and Chicago Children’s Theatre, among other groups. She represents the group “WomanLore” who offers one-woman performances adapted directly from journals, autobiographies, and personal writings.
Disclaimer(s)
Please contact the library if you need sign interpretation or special assistance for any library program. Participants in programs and events permit the Flossmoor Public Library to take photos of themselves and their children for publication on the library's website, Facebook page, Instagram, and additional uses the library deems necessary, unless the participant expressly files with the library a written objection as to the photos of themselves and/or their children.