Women In History

07/17/2026

1776 - Power, Pen and Petticoats - Abigail and Mercy Spill the Tea! ​​- Women in History offers a special program for the 250th, featuring Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis Warren, featuring Anne McEvoy and Linda Witkowski. Call 216-228-4779 or write via [email protected] to bring these ladies to your organization!

Ken Burns chose the words of Abigail Adams and Mercy Otis Warren to bring life to the nation's formative years in his lauded “American Revolution”.
These two founding foremothers were friends, then frenemies, then friends again, but never wavered in their support for the new nation.
Abigail made the radical choice of selecting a husband who deemed her his equal...in the home and in the White House. And when they were separated for years at a time, she shored him up through her insightful, loving letters in which she admonished him to “Remember the Ladies”!
If Mercy had been a man, she would be in the history books! But, she had to write anonymously for most of her life. An ardent foe of slavery, she wrote "The origin of all power is in the people." She dared critique the U.S. Constitution, resulting in many of the ideas that went into our Bill of Rights. She went on to write the first history of the American Revolution.
Be a part of the shared experience of two who lived the beginning.

07/03/2026

Remember the 4th! And remember that we are a work in progress!

06/25/2026

Check it out!
Women In History is celebrating the 250th anniversary all of July. We are performing at many locations and festivals celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
July 4th weekend is busy! Check out these FREE Performances by Women in History all weekend at Clague Playhouse, 1371 Clague Road, Westlake, Ohio, 44145
July 3rd, 1 pm First Ladies Tea
July 3rd, 5 pm Stagecoach Mary
July 4th, 1 pm Sacagawea
July 4th, 3 pm First Ladies Tea
July 4th, 5 pm Abigail Adams
July 5th, 3 pm Sacagawea
AND
July 4th, 2 pm Ella Fitzgerald and at 4 pm Lucy Stanton Day, both at the Ashtabula 250 4th of July Celebration! See both at Gidding's Park, Corner of Market St. & Jefferson St., Jefferson, Ohio 44047

06/22/2026

This past weekend's Juneteenth celebration featuring Women in History's Allison Smith as Harriet Tubman was a success! Check out the article for a recap and some amazing photos.

A capacity crowd filled the Meetinghouse at Hale Farm & Village on Friday as a Harriet Tubman reenactment highlighted the site’s Juneteenth festivities.

06/22/2026

In case you missed it, Women In History was on New Day Cleveland last week! Enjoy the clip below with Ruth Pangrace as Eleanor Roosevelt & Jeannine Gaskin as Mary McLeod Bethune. Thank you, New Day Cleveland.

New Day Cleveland

06/01/2026

Women In History’s Sherrie Tolliver will present the remarkable story of Betsey Stockton, a formerly enslaved woman the first African American missionary to teach in Hawaii in 1823!

During this historic celebration of our nation’s 250th anniversary, it is a fitting time to reflect on the lives of those who came before us and the ways they shaped our shared history. Too often…

05/31/2026

Women in History joins with the state of Ohio in honoring Toni Morrison - American novelist, professor and the first Black woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. A Pulitzer Prize winner, she is being honored by her home state with a yearlong tribute —highlighting her lasting influence on writers and readers.
Women in History is proud to present her story by Jeannine Gaskin at the Elyria Library, 211 2nd St, Elyria Oh, on June 17 at 6 pm. This event is free and open to the public. You can bring Toni's story to your organization by calling 216-228-4779

03/15/2026

Thank you Bella, for my credit cards! Although sometimes it's a mixed blessing! Women in History can bring you Bella's story! Contact us at 216-228-4779 or at [email protected]
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Did you know women couldn't open credit cards in their own name until 1974?

03/03/2026

March 3rd (1913) is the anniversary of one of the most significant events in women's suffrage history -- the March in Washington. The attached article gives you chapter and verse. But remember also, however, that the African American delegation was asked to march at the back of the parade. Not so much to their liking, they joined in with their individual states to complete the march.

Part of the American Women series, these essays provide a more in-depth exploration of particular events of significance in women's history, including the 1913 woman suffrage parade, the campaign for the equal rights amendment, and more. Part of the American Women series, this essay tells the story....