LIFE AND TIMES PORTRAYALS
HISTORIC WOMEN ARE BROUGHT TO LIFE
PRESENTING INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR LIVES
AND THE TIMES IN WHICH THEY LIVED.
LIFE
AND
TIMES
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.
THEY TELL THE HISTORY OF THE:
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AMERICAN LIFE IN THE GILDED AGE
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WOMEN'S RIGHTS MOVEMENT
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CHAUTAUQUA MOVEMENT
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DEVELOPMENT OF SARASOTA COUNTY
EACH WOMAN BRINGS A
45, 60 OR 90 MINUTE
POWER POINT OF
PHOTOGRAPHS OF
HER LIFE AND TIMES
PORTRAYALS ARE DONE
IN FULL COSTUME
OF THE ERA.
FEE DETERMINED BY
LENGTH OF PERFORMANCE AND DRIVING DISTANCE.
PREFECT FOR
LUNCHEON SPEAKER
OR
GROUP MEETING
LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE LADIES
I CURRENTLY PORTRAY..
MABLE RINGLING
Tells the Life and Times of the:
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History and evolution of the circus in America.
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Development and decline of the Ringling circus.
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Development of the Ringling Museum of Art.
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Design of the Ringling home Ca D'Zan.
BERTHA HONORE PALMER
Tells the Life and Times of the:
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Evolution of the Gilded Age in America.
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Evolution of fashion and haute couture.
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Development Palmer House Hotel in Chicago as wife of Potter Palmer.
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Role of the 1893 Columbian Exposition.
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Her role as a society leader, women's rights advocate and entrepreneur.
ELIZABETH VAN LEW
Tells the Life and Times of the:
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South before, during, and after the Civil War.
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Life in Richmond, Virginia running a spy network for the North.
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Aftermath of the attempt at reconstructing the South after the Civil War and why this failure is affecting our country today.
MARTHA "MARTY" HARTMAN
Tells the Life and Times of:
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Founding an all-female artist group called The Petticoat Painters.
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Evolution of the Sarasota, Florida as an arts hub in the Cultural Coast.
MARY JANE WYATT WHITAKER
Tells the Life and Times
of the history and development of Sarasota, Florida
from 1513-1920
PEARL WHITFIELD
Tells the Life and Times
of the history of
the boom and gloom in
Sarasota, Florida from
1920-1960:
CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT
Tells the Life and Times of the
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Journey of the Women's Rights Movement .
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Women who were in charge of spearheading the fight to get the right to vote for women.
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Development of the League of Women Voters
MINA MILLER EDISON
Tells the Life and Times of the:
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Development of the Chautauqua Movement.
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Life of Thomas Edison from the point of view of his wife.
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Work she did for the Women's Right's Movement.
ROSE PHILLIPS WILSON
Tells the Life and Times of the:
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Southern women fighting for the right to vote.
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Running of a newspaper in 1910 as a woman.
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Fight to establish Sarasota County.
MARIE SELBY
Tells the Life and Times of the:
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Development of the Selby Botanical Gardens.
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Oil industry at the turn of the 20th century.
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Cross country drive, in a car, at the turn of the 20th century.
ALICE PAUL
Tells the Life and Times of the
Fight for Women's Rights
as the leader of the militant branch
of the Suffrage Movement.
Sara Field
Tells the Life and Times of the:
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History and evolution of department stores.
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History of Marshall Field's department store.
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History of the Field House in Sarasota, Florida.
Louella Albee
Tells the Life and Times of the development
of the city of Venice, Florida as the wife
of Dr. Fred Albee.
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
FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT
KATHRYN CHESLEY
AT
LIFETIMEPORTRAYALS@GMAIL.COM
Sarasota, Florida
Chautauqua, New York
