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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T173000
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URL:https://portsmouthathenaeum.org/events/2026-lecture-series-remember-th
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SUMMARY:2026 Lecture Series: "Remember the Ladies': Moving Beyond Abigail A
 dams" with Janet Polasky
DESCRIPTION:In the Spring of 1776\, Abigail Adams famously asked her husban
 d to "give up the harsh title of Master for the more tender and endearing 
 one of Friend." Even if\, this time\, John ignored his wife in the draftin
 g of new laws for the independent republic over which he would one day pre
 side\, this private plea to pay attention to women reverberated in a few r
 are revolutionary proposals to recognize women as citizens and more often 
 to acknowledge them as reasonable mothers and partners. What did liberty a
 nd equality mean to women writing novels and plays on both sides of the At
 lantic in print\, or to Black loyalists from Virginia opening shops in Sie
 rra Leone and revolutionary widows in practice? One group of women threate
 ned that\, if their equal rights were not granted\, they would all leave f
 or a desert island. Prof. Polasky's lecture explores how ideas arising in 
 New England in 1776 moved into the revolutionary world beyond\, only to re
 turn later.\n\nJanet Polasky is Presidential Professor of History Emerita 
 at the University of New Hampshire. Her teaching in transnational history 
 has been recognized with the Lindberg Award for Outstanding Scholar Teache
 r in the College of Liberal Arts and the UNH Jean Brierley Award for Excel
 lence in Teaching. Her favorite class to teach is a freshman seminar\, Glo
 bal Citizenship. The author of six books\, her most recent two -- Asylum b
 etween Nations: Refugees in a Revolutionary Era (2023) and Revolutions wit
 hout Borders: The Call to Liberty in the Atlantic World (2015) -- were pub
 lished by Yale University Press. Her books include winners of many prestig
 ious prizes. The Fulbright Foundation\, the National Endowment for the Hum
 anities\, and the American Council of Learned Societies have supported her
  research. She is currently writing two books\, one global: Revolutionary 
 Women: A Transnational History\, and the other local: Evolution of a Progr
 essive Institution: A Church Built of Granite. Dr. Polasky is a Proprietor
  of the Athenæum and lives with her husband\, William Lyons\, in Portsmou
 th.\n\nFor the 2026 Lecture Series "The Spirit of 1776: Revolution\, Const
 itution\, Independence\," each program begins at 5:30 p.m. in the Shaw Res
 earch Library (unless otherwise noted). Reservations for each program are 
 required as seating is limited. If unable to keep a reservation\, please c
 all again to release the seat for someone else. Attendance at programs is 
 free for Athenæum Proprietors\, Subscribers and Friends. Guests and membe
 rs of the public are welcome to attend the entire series by becoming a Fri
 end of the Athenæum for as little as $25 per year\, payable at the door. 
 Admission to an individual program is $15.\n\nRegistration Information Onl
 ine registration is available until 24 hours before the event. To reserve 
 any remaining spots after that time\, please call us at (603) 431-2538.\n\
 nNOTE: You will receive a confirmation email upon completing your registra
 tion. If you do not receive one\, please check your spam/junk folder. If y
 ou have any questions\, contact events@portsmouthathenaeum.org.\n\n\n\nMem
 bers: FREE\nProprietors\, Subscribers\, and Friends may attend this event 
 for free. Membership at the Proprietor and Subscriber levels includes one 
 complimentary spouse/partner guest pass.\nNon-Members: $15\nAdmission to a
  single event.\nFriend Membership: $25\nThis annual membership includes fr
 ee admission for one person to the yearly lecture series.\n\n\n\nThe 2026 
 lecture series is sponsored by Whole Wealth Management.
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