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Jennie Powers: The Woman Who Dares

Jennie Powers took a stand against social vices in New Hampshire and Vermont in the early twentieth century. She was a humane society agent in Keene from 1903-1936 and one of the first humane society agents to become a deputy sheriff in New Hampshire. Jennie was known across the country as "The Woman Who Dares" cited by the Boston Post newspaper in 1906 as having arrested more men than any other woman in America. As a photographic activist, she used her camera to document animal cruelty, family violence, and wide-spread poverty in New Hampshire's Monadnock region and beyond. This one-hour illustrated presentation from Jenna Carroll introduces us to Jennie's life story, the work of humane societies at the turn of the twentieth century, and the politics of the Progressive Era (1890s-1920s) from a local perspective. 

 Presented by NH Humanities

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81714751795?pwd=Z1c3bnI5S0RMbHBXcS9LM1VrR3NZQT09

 

Meeting ID: 817 1475 1795
Passcode: 319388

 

 

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Wednesday, March 13
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6:30pm - 7:45pm
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Derry Public Library
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Liz Ryan
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432-6140
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lizr@derrypl.org
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