Civil War People

Civil War Women - Their Roles
and Legacies

Performing in period costume Trish Chambers tells a story that takes the listener into the world of Civil War Women. A world that became more complex than knitting socks and baking bread.

They were left behind to fend for themselves, to manage homes, businesses and plantations. Roles, which up until the war, had been traditionally performed by men.

The presentation discusses changes in society, economics and traditions that would redefine the roles of women forever. Explore the amazing accomplishments of these brave women of the North and South who supported the war effort as nurses, spies, soldiers, government workers, authors, lecturers and fundraisers.

Discover how their will to survive the war and create a future for themselves and their families drove them from their traditional roles and into a new world for women. See how their legacies pave a pathway for women of the future.

Prices vary depending on location. Call for a free estimate.
Multiple performances, same day same venue at reduced rates.
Material appropriate for children 5th grade and
above.
Adult and collegiate versions also available.
Signed copies of Civil War Women: Their Roles and Legacies, a companion book to this presentation that profiles 50 women and their achievements can be made available for sale at all presentations.

The Civil War Women presentation has been performed for both children and adults at:

Historical Societies
Women's Clubs
Schools
Colleges
Libraries
Civil War Roundtables and Reenactments.

The Legend of Freedom Quilts and the Underground Railroad

The Legend of the Freedom Quilts tells a family's story of the lessons taught to the slaves to prepare and guide them on their journey on the Underground Railroad. This presentation, performed in period dress and using a facsimile of a "Freedom Quilt", gives the history of the Underground Railroad and will discuss the use of quilts as a method of teaching the slaves
how to survive while seeking freedom. We will also explore how African traditions gave rise to the concept of the "story cloths", the meanings and instructions represented by the various quilt patterns and the similarity of the lessons in the quilt patterns to the lessons taught in the slave songs (spirituals).

Prices vary depending on location. Call for a free estimate.
Multiple performances, same day, same venue at reduced rates.
Material appropriate for children in 3rd grade and above.
Adult and collegiate versions also available
Signed copies of the book Civil War: Their Roles and Legacies written by Trish Chambers can be made available for sale at all presentations.