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Wednesday, March 11 ~ Dorothy Canfield Fisher: A Vermonter for the World. Dorothy Canfield Fisher wrote often about Vermont, but she was a writer beyond our region who communicated to the world and to the human spirit. She celebrated the book as the surest tool for thought. In her forty books of fiction and non-fiction, she attacked discrimination, intolerance, brutality, and fraud. Her writing was vibrant and heartening with glorious aspects of living life with courage and joy. This living history presentation by Helene Lang showcases her life's works. Castleton State College, Old Medical Chapel, 1:00 p.m. Call JoAnn Riley, (802) 468-3093.
Thursday, March 12 ~ “I Have Not Forgotten You”: Vermont Women and the Westward Movement. By 1860 some forty-two percent of Vermont's residents had left behind its rocky hillsides and headed westward. Sarah Town of Franklin no doubt spoke for many another homesick emigrant when she wrote from Illinois in 1846, “Though far away among strangers in a strange land . . .I have not forgotten you.” Through diaries, letters, and reminiscences, the speakers share the experiences of Sarah Town and other women who left—but never forgot—Vermont. East Corinth, Blake Memorial Library, 7:00 p.m. Call Marie McAndrew-Taylor, (802) 439-5338.
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