LIFE AND TIMES PORTRAYALS
HISTORIC WOMEN ARE BROUGHT TO LIFE
PRESENTING INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR LIVES
AND THE TIMES IN WHICH THEY LIVED.
LIFEÂ
ANDÂ
TIMESÂ
PORTRAYALS
By
Kathryn Chesley
MEET SOME FABULOUS LADIES
AND HEAR ABOUT THEIR LIFE AND TIMES
AS AN ACTRESS. WRITER, AND HISTORIAN, I TELL THE STORIES OF HISTORIC AND INFLUENTIAL WOMEN AND THE LIFE AND TIMES IN WHICH THEY LIVED.
EACH WOMAN BRINGS A
45, 60 OR 90 MINUTE
POWER POINT OF
PHOTOGRAPHS OF
HER LIFE AND TIMES
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PORTRAYALS ARE DONE
IN FULL COSTUME
OF THE AREA.
=
PREFECT FOR
LUNCHEON SPEAKER
OR
GROUP MEETING
LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE LADIES I CURRENTLY PORTRAY..
MABLE RINGLING
THIS IS A 'FARM TO TABLE" STORY. MABLE GREW UP ON AN OHIO FARM AND ENDED UP AT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL TABLE IN SARASOTA. HEAR HER STORY UNFOLD AS SHE TELLS OF HER LIFE AND TIMES WHEN SHE WAS THE WOMAN BEHIND THE MAN WHO RAN "THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH."
BERTHA HONORE PALMER
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BERTHA'S LIFE TOOK HER FROM THE SHORES OF CHICAGO, TO WASHINGTON D.C., A CASTLE IN ENGLAND AND THEN TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SHE HAS A TALE TO TELL ABOUT HER EXPLOITS AND HER CHALLENGES AS SHE BECOMES ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN OF HER LIFE AND TIMES.
ELIZABETH VAN LEW
As a Northern sympathize in the Confederate capital Elizabeth Van Lew remains one of the most remarkable figures in American History. Elizabeth became Ulysses S. Grant's primary spy during the Civil War. She tells the story of how she developed her spy network. Her work helped to turn the victory to the North. She also recounts the aftermath of the Civil War and how the failure of reconstruction affects us today.
Come to hear her tell the story of her life and times as a daring spymaster and as a post war politician.
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MARTHA "MARTY" HARTMAN
MARTHA IS THE FOUNDER OF THE "PETTICOAT PAINTERS," AND IN THAT POSITION SHE TELLS HER LIFE AND TIMES THE AROUND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALL OF THE ARTS ORGANIZAIONS FROM 1940 ON WHICH CREATED "THE CULTURAL COAST OF FLORIDA" IN AND AROUND SARASOTA.
MARY JANE WYATT WHITAKER
A LEARNED LADY WHO BECAME THE FIRST WHITE SETTLER OF THE SARASOTA AREA IS QUITE A STORY TELLER. SHE TELLS THE STORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF FLORIDA FROM 1500 UNTIL 1920 RELATING TO MUCH OF HER LIFE AND TIMES.
PEARL WHITFIELD
SARASOTA WAS BOOMING IN 1925, THE YEAR THAT PEARL MOVED THERE. SHE AND HER HUSBAND, JOHN, BOUGHT THE "PRETTIEST" HOUSE ON THE BAY, AT THE TIME. BUT TIME HAS A WAY OF CHANGING AND PEARL TELLS IT ALL: THE BOOM AND THE GLOOM IN SARASOTA FROM 1920-1960 IN HER LIFE AND TIMES.
CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT
HEAR THE STORY OF THE FIGHT FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS AS TOLD BY ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE MOVEMENT. AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION, IT WAS CARRIE'S WORK WHICH GOT THE LAST STATE TO VOTE TO PASS THE AMENDMENT. HEAR HER STORY OF HER LIFE AND TIMES BEFORE AND AFTER WOMEN HAD THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
MINA MILLER EDISON
DAUGHTER OF AN INVENTOR AND THE WIFE OF AN INVENTOR, MINA TELLS THE STORY OF HER LIFE AND TIMES DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHAUTAUQUA MOVEMENT
AND HER LIFE AND TIMES WITH
THOMAS ALVA EDISON
ROSE PHILLIPS WILSON
HERE IS THE WOMEN BEHIND THE PEN. ROSE RAN THE ONLY NEWSPAPER IN SARASOTA IN 1900 AND HER EDITORIALS SPEARHEADED THE MANY CHANGES IN THE AREA DURING HER LIFE AND TIMES WHEN SARASOTA BECAME A COUNTY AND WOMEN WERE ENCOURAGED TO VOTE.
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MARIE SELBY
MARIE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN
TO DRIVE ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN AN AUTOMOBILE. IN HER LIFE AND TIMES, SHE WILL TELL YOU ABOUT THAT DRIVE IN 1908 AND HOW SHE AND HER HUSBAND ESTABLISHED THE SELBY GARDENS AS WELL AS A FOUNDATION THAT, TODAY, FINANCES MANY CHARITIES.
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HISTORIC CITY TOURS ARE OFFERED, AS ONE OF THE WOMEN WHO SHAPED SARASOTA.
IN SARASOTA, FLORIDA.
ASK FOR LEADING LADIES TOUR
Check on this website for dates.
www.discoversarasotatours.com
Sarasota, FL, USA
