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SUMMARY:Adult Lecture Series: “Spinning Toward Revolution: Growing Flax & Processing Linen in New England\, 1764-1775
DESCRIPTION:Beginning in earnest in 1764\, the importance of growing flax and processing linen in New England was one important element of revolutionary opposition to imported English textiles. Dr. Alexander will focus on women’s role in this resistance using newspapers\, spinning matches\, and extant garments. Following the talk\, join us for an opportunity to handle flax straw\, comb flax\, and examine 18th and 19th century linen survivors.  \nCelebrate #handsonhistory!  \nDr. Kimberly Alexander is on the faculty of the History Department at the   \nUniversity of New Hampshire\, where she is Director of Museum Studies and   \nSenior Lecturer. Alexander was a James Hayes Research Fellow for 2023-  \n2025\, awarded by the UNH Center for the Humanities for her Flax-to-Linen   \nProject. Before coming the UNH\, she held curatorial positions at several   \nNew England museums\, including the MIT Museum\, the Peabody Essex   \nMuseum and Strawbery Banke. Her most recent books are Treasures Afoot:   \nShoe Stories from the Georgian Era (Johns Hopkins University Press\, 2018)\,  \nwhich won an Honor Award from Historic New England in 2019 and  \nFashioning the New England Family (Massachusetts Historical Society\,   \n2021). 
URL:https://www.wenhammuseum.org/event/adult-lecture-series-spinning-toward-revolution-growing-flax-processing-linen-in-new-england-1764-1775/
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SUMMARY:Adult Lecture Series: Laying their Hands to the Spindle: Women’s Spinning Protests\, 1768-1770
DESCRIPTION:Women\, Spinning\, and Resistance: Stacey Fraser \nIn the years leading up to the American Revolution\, New England women played an important role in resisting British policies through their everyday lives and work. On August 31\, 1769\, forty-five women in Lexington\, Massachusetts\, gathered for a spinning protest—one of more than sixty such demonstrations held throughout New England between 1768 and 1770. By spinning wool and linen yarn together\, these women demonstrated their ability to produce the textiles needed by their families while rejecting reliance on imported British goods. \nJoin Stacey Fraser for a fascinating look at how women used their social roles\, domestic skills\, and community networks to participate in the growing resistance to British rule. Discover how these seemingly everyday acts of spinning and boycotting became powerful forms of protest in the years leading up to the American Revolutionary War. \nAbout the Speaker:\nStacey Fraser is Assistant Curator at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library in Lexington\, Massachusetts. She recently curated an exhibition exploring Lexington’s role in the American Revolution and chaired the museum’s 50th anniversary committee. Stacey also serves on the advisory board of LexSeeHer\, a Lexington nonprofit dedicated to making women visible in history. Previously\, she served as Curator and Outreach Manager at Lexington History Museums and as Co-Director and Educator at the Ipswich Museum\, among other New England institutions. \nEntry Included with Museum Admission| September 25th | 12:00 PM | Adult Event
URL:https://www.wenhammuseum.org/event/laying-their-hands-to-the-spindle-womens-spinning-protests-1768-1770/
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