REMOTE VIA ZOOM: Monday Mornings: Deborah Sampson, Gender, and the American Revolution

Monday, September 289:30—10:30 AMOnline

We’ve gone virtual! Each event will be live via Zoom. Registration is required so we can send you the link to join us. Can't make it to the live program? No problem, BevCam will be broadcasting recordings and we'll be posting them to our YouTube channel so you can catch up later. Questions? Contact Ona at ridenour@noblenet.org.

Zoom invitation will be emailed to all registrants the day before the program.

In 1782, Deborah Sampson ran away from her home in Middleborough, Massachusetts, disguised herself as a man, and joined the army to fight in the American Revolutionary War. In 1995, Alex Myers, a descendant of Deborah Sampson, came out as transgender and transitioned to live as a man—he was the first openly transgender student to attend Harvard University. Myers will be discussing his novel Revolutionary. Myers uses historical fiction to explore Deborah's exploits as a soldier and to ask critical questions about gender, identity, and self—both in the 18th century and today.

Monday Mornings is sponsored by the Friends of the Beverly Public Library.

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