Working for the Revolution: Patriot Women’s Lives During the War

Join the Wilton Historical Society on Thursday, Jun. 4 at 7 p.m. for a presentation by professor emerita and publisher Kathy Hermes. The talk will explore how women contributed to the American Revolutionary effort politically, economically, intellectually and even militarily. Using original sources like newspapers, court records, letters and pension records, Hermes will show how Indigenous, Anglo-European and African-descended women all helped to further the Patriot cause.

Hermes is the publisher and executive director of Connecticut Explored magazine, a non-profit history publication produced for readers interested in Connecticut’s past. She is professor emerita of history at Central Connecticut State University, where she taught early American history for 25 years. She has created and been involved with a number of digital public history projects, including Forgotten Voices of the Revolutionary War: People of Color and the Redding Encampment, 1778-1779.

The talk will be held on Thursday, Jun. 4 at the Wilton Historical Society at 7 p.m. The event is free for Historical Society members; for non-members, there is a $10 fee.