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May 8, 2021 By Mike Kruzman / news@whmi.com
The Brighton District Library is hosting a 5 part series on women who played instrumental roles in the American Revolution.
This spring, the Brighton Library is celebrating the wide spectrum of female participation in Americaâs founding conflict with the British. University of Maryland Professor Richard Bell will present Women in the American Revolution: A Five Part Series. These lectures will run for 5 consecutive Thursdays, beginning on May 20th, from 7 to 8pm over Zoom.
The first lecture explores the wife of Benjamin Franklinâs sister Jane Mecom and the experiences of women on societyâs bottom ranks during the war. The second lecture is of Deborah Sampson, who disguised herself as a man for 17 months to serve in the Continental Army. Lecture three tells the story of the Native Mohawk Molly Brant who was key in holding together a military alliance between the Iroquois League and the Bri
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January 18, 2021
Nominations are being sought for the 2021 Brighton Area Womenâs History Roll of Honor.
Since 2003 the Roll of Honor has recognized women who have achieved prominence or significantly contributed to the Brighton community while having lived, worked, or been affiliated with the area for an extended period of time. Honorees have demonstrated distinctive accomplishments that hold an endearing nature to social, cultural, economic, or political well-being of the community.
Brighton Area Women s History Roll of Honor Secretary/Treasurer Beth Walker says that over the past 18 years, they have recognized 103 women and 8 Athletic Championship Honorees. The group includes 10 military veterans, two of the first women in Michigan to vote, and 37 graduates of Brighton High School. Walker was a guest on a recent edition of WHMI s Viewpoint.