IHC Road Scholars Speakers Bureau
Lorraine Schwass
Lorraine Schwass received an MS from Western Illinois University and has had twenty years of reenacting experience. She has researched extensively the clothing styles and history of the 19th century common women.Illinois Women in the Civil War Era
Presented in first person and dressed in mid-19th Century clothing, Lorraine Schwass gives an engaging talk about public women in the Civil War era. The Northwestern Sanitary Commission, the US Sanitary Commission, and famous volunteers such as Mary Ann Bickerdyke of Galesburg and Mary Livermore of Chicago are discussed within a social and cultural context.Return to the archive listing for IHC Road Scholars Speakers Bureau
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