SWCW Announces Details of the 9th
Conference on Women and the Civil War
The 9th Conference
on Women and the Civil War will take place at the
Mark
Your Calendar and Plan to Come
Conference attendees
are encouraged to stay in affordable luxury at the
The hotel features
indoor and outdoor pools, newly renovated lobby, conference area and
rooms, an award winning restaurant, and a convenient setting just 35 miles from
center-city
Make Your Reservations Today!
Phone: 610-363-1100; 888-253-6119
Email: hotel_info@innatchestersprings.com
Call soon - and certainly by 6/27 - to ensure you get into our block of
rooms.
Location: Inn at
815 N. Pottstown Pike
By Car - The
By Train - Call ahead
of time and arrange with the hotel to be picked up by their shuttle at the
Exton, PA AMTRAK station, just 5 miles from the hotel.
For a lower cost housing alternative...The
SCHEDULE DETAILS
Friday
1-2:00 Concurrent
Workshops
Research Workshop:
"Speed Dating" -Modeled
on the popular match-making technique, in this workshop, attendees will
experience brief, sequential encounters with other researchers, sharing issues,
suggestions, solutions to research dilemmas.
Collections
Workshop: "My Find" - Attendees to this workshop can bring a favorite find - military or
civilian - that dates to the mid-19th century. This
workshop will consist of discussions of the identity, analysis and care of
items.
2:30-4 Concurrent
Workshops
Research Workshop:
"Military Records" - Military
Historian Les Jensen will outline how and why military records are created, and
how and where researchers can find the information in them.
Collections
Workshop: "Tabletop Displays" - Individuals and teams will compare and critique table-top displays
showing artifacts or research related to the conference. The workshop will
focus on techniques for producing displays that are both attractive and
educational.
5-5:30 Annual
Meeting - Join us for a brief
update and meeting on organizational matters of the Society for Women and the
Civil War.
5:30-7 Welcome
Reception - Enjoy pizza and (new addition this year!) a cash bar, and view Tabletop
Displays, visit our vendors.
7-8 Presentation:
"Women of
8-10 Authors' Book
Signing Session - Bringing
back a conference tradition, attendees who have authored or edited books re
invited to bring them to sell and sign.
8-10 Midnight
Madness - Donate, sell, bid
or buy items associated (however loosely) with the Civil War. In this
speed-shopping event, attendees will have only two hours to place bids and make
purchases.
Registered attendees
may choose to:
Be a Seller ...Bring Civil War or Civil War-related
items, pay $5 to setup and sell.
Be a Donor ...Bring Civil War or Civil War-related items
for SWCW to sell or offer at the Silent Auction.
Be a Buyer...Show up at "Midnight Madness" for
shopping and Silent Auction bidding.
Saturday
Continental
Breakfast
9-1:30
Presentations
"Nellie Chase
Leath: Civil War Nurse with Attitude" - Dr. Carolyn P. Schriber will describe a nurse who might be
described as "Dorothea Dix's worst nightmare." She was young,
beautiful, practical, headstrong. Patients adored her; a chaplain did not.
"Depot Women:
Unknown Backbone of the Confederacy" - Les Jensen will describe the lives and labors of tens of
thousands of women who worked for uniform depots, and organizations that
employed them, comparing
Break
"Martha J.
Coston: An Illuminating History" - Denise E. Pilato will
report on Martha J. Coston, who invented and patented the Coston Signal Flare,
which was adopted and used by the U.S. Navy and other services during and after
the Civil War.
"Copperhead
Women" - Ph.D. candidate
Jonathan W. White will break away from our discussions of women who
supported the war to discuss northern women who opposed what they saw as coercion
of the South and
2-5:30 Field Trip
– "An Afternoon at
the Spa"
The Saturday afternoon field trip will consist of a short bus trip to
Yellow Springs Historic Site. Docents will provide guided tours of a site that was
alternately used as a tavern, a hospital for Revolutionary War Soldiers, a 19th century spa and resort, and a Soldiers' Orphans Home.
Jenny Lind
performed here.
The children of
hundreds of Civil War soldiers lived and attended school here. (And, yes,
George Washington DID sleep here.)
Attendees will have about three hours to tour the site and visit
'stations' where they can, if they wish, participate in some of the leisure
activities enjoyed by visitors to 19th century resorts
and health spas.
Evaluations
of past conferences indicate that some of our attendees would like an
opportunity to dress in period attire during the conference. Bus times will be
staggered to provide extra time for those who choose to change into period
attire for this field trip.
Photo courtesy Juanita Leisch Jensen
"An
Afternoon at the Spa" will exercise your mind and body.
7-9 Banquet - Inn at Chester
Springs.The chef at the
Sunday
Full Breakfast
Buffet
9-1:30 Presentations
"Becoming
Useful: Confederate Women Composers" - Dr. Candace Bailey will describe the efforts and
accomplishments of women who made themselves useful to Confederate war efforts
by composing and publishing patriotic sheet music.
"Cherokee Women"
- Dr. Clarissa Confer
will explore ways that Cherokee women experienced the war, focusing on
individuals who left records of their experiences, including Mrs. General Stand
Watie, wife of the highest ranking Indian in the Civil War.
Break
"The Role of
"The Woman
Major General John Fulton Reynolds Left Behind" - Marian Latimer will reveal the 'rest
of the story' about Catharine Mary Hewitt, revealing what happened to the
fiancee of General Reynolds...new data for anyone who thought her life was an
"unsolved mystery."
1:30 Adjourn
Optional Trip
Take advantage of
attending a conference only 35 miles from center-city
Summary of
Registration Options
The Society is pleased to offer a variety of registration
options to fit this event in even the tightest calendar.
Print and complete this form, sending it with
a check or money order to:
SWCW
Name(s):
Address:
City/ST/Zip
Phone:
Email:
(_) Save me a space to sell/sign my books.
Prices based on Postmark or date of PayPal
payment.
SWCW Member Only Registration
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Per Day |
Rec'd By 5/1 |
Rec'd By 6/1 |
Rec'd By 7/1 |
Rec'd After
7/1 |
Quantity |
Total |
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Full Conf |
$195 |
$210 |
$225 |
$250 |
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Friday only |
$55 |
$60 |
$65 |
$75 |
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Saturday only |
$125 |
$130 |
$135 |
$145 |
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Sunday only |
$55 |
$60 |
$65 |
$75 |
SWCW Non-Member Registration
|
Per Day |
Rec'd By 5/1 |
Rec'd By 6/1 |
Rec'd By 7/1 |
Rec'd After
7/1 |
Quantity |
Total |
|
Full Conf |
$230 |
$245 |
$255 |
$265 |
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Friday only |
$60 |
$65 |
$70 |
$80 |
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Saturday only |
$130 |
$135 |
$140 |
$150 |
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Sunday only |
$60 |
$65 |
$70 |
$80 |
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Recruit* |
$115 |
$125 |
$135 |
$145 |
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Banquet Only |
$45 |
$45 |
$45 |
$50 |
*Recruit = (meals, field trip, one lecture, social events)
Total payment: $_________
Notebooks will be provided on
a supplies-available basis for those who register after 7/1/7. The "after
7/1/7" rate will apply for all who register at the door. Cancellations
must be made prior to 6/15/7, and are subject to a 20% administrative fee.
Click
Below to go to Online registration and PayPal payment Options!!!
Online registration for the 9th
Conference on Women and the Civil War, July 27- 29 2007