<H1>(For non-conference participants) Samantha Tackels the Woman Question Performance -- National Women's History Project Shopping Cart</H1> <I>(For non-conference attendees)Samantha Tackels the Woman Question Performance</I> <P> <IMG SRC="https://store.nexternal.com/nwhp/images/3sam.jpg" ALIGN=right ALT="(For non-conference participants) Samantha Tackels the Woman Question Performance" NAME="(For non-conference participants) Samantha Tackels the Woman Question Performance" BORDER=0 HSPACE=10> <p><strong>Wednesday, June 12, 2008 at 7:30<br />This presentation is part of the NWHP National Networking Conference.&nbsp; Non-conference attendees are invited to come to the performance.&nbsp; The cost for non-conference attendees is $15.<br /></strong>Samantha 'Rastles' the Woman Question is a one-woman performance featuring Jane Curry as Samantha Smith Allen, the rustic philosopher of sound country stock whose ideas on various issues are grounded in an affection for common sense and faith in its applicability to problems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes; ">&nbsp; </span>Through her typical, popular brand of 19th century horse sense American humor, she challenges the status quo of social norms regarding women's issues and plants herself squarely on the side of sensible women's rights. <br />Samantha appears in period costume and introduces via anecdote the foils for her sage observations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes; ">&nbsp; </span>She "rastles" with questions concerning history's treatment of women, rights denied by the church, women's powerlessness before the law, social status, role assumptions, and more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes; ">&nbsp; </span>After the monologue, audience members are invited to address questions to Samantha (but please don't ask her to sing, cuz it nearly always sets the dogs in town to barkin'). <br />Note: Samantha soars into eloquence at will depending on what strikes her fancy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes; ">&nbsp; </span>However, it's likely that she will episode about some of the following: <br />Introducin' myself and Josiah <br />On the tuckerin' nature of pedestals <br />On the fragile nature of wimmen <br />On bein' a she-angel <br />Betsey Bobbet <br />On wimmen bein' preachers <br />On the wives of the prophets <br />On cooin', clingin', and soothin' <br />My visit with Horace Greeley <br />On lookin' to nature for women's sphere <br />Tacklin' onto the Meetin' House <br />The Creation Searchin' Society <br />A wimmin's rights lecturer <br />A male Magdalene <br />On masculine and feminine minds <br />Our visit to the ostrich farm <br />On Miss Flamm's Ideal Goddess <br />The Dorelsky Burpy family women <br />On sculpting the figger of <city w:st="on"></city><place w:st="on"></place>Liberty <br />Rights of a yaller dog <br />On winkin' at men's sins <br />Betsey's poetry <br />Samantha travels throughout the country "soaring into eloquence" and is available for single events, tours, or residencies.</p> </P> <BR clear=left><BR><P><A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com/nwhp" TITLE="National Women's History Project Products">National Women's History Project Products</A></P> <BR clear=left><BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR><A HREF="http://www.nwhp.org">National Women's History Project</A> <BR>National Women's History Project <A HREF="http://www.nexternal.com" TITLE="shopping cart">shopping cart</A> powered by Nexternal