Angelica: For Love and Country in a Time of Revolution

Angelica: For Love and Country in a Time of Revolution

In this enthralling and revealing view of the Revolutionary era through the eyes of Angelica Schuyler Church, Molly Beer breathes vibrant new life into a period usually dominated by masculine themes and often dulled by familiarity. Few women of the American Revolution have come through 250 years of US history with such clarity and color as Schuyler Church. Her transatlantic network of important friends spanned the political spectrum of her time and place, and her astute eye and brilliant letters kept them well informed.

A woman of great influence in a time of influential women (Catherine the Great and Marie-Antoinette were contemporaries), Angelica was at the red-hot center of American history at its birth. In telling her story, Beer illuminates how American women have always plied influence and networks for political ends, including the making of a new nation.

Biography:
Raised on a farm in the town of Angelica, New York, Molly Beer is an award-winning nonfiction writer interested in history, women, politics, and place. Angelica is her debut book She has served as an Olive B. O’Connor Fellow in Creative Writing at Colgate University and currently teaches at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

History Forum 250: Revisiting the Revolution

Join celebrated authors and award-winning historians for a thought-provoking series on the history and legacy of the American Revolution during our nation’s 250th anniversary.

This program is part of MN250, commemorating the 250th anniversary (semiquincentennial) of the American Revolution.

Since 2004, the Minnesota Historical Society’s History Forum has brought the nation’s leading historians and scholars to St. Paul to enrich our understanding of American history. Each year’s line-up features speakers who demonstrate excellence in historical scholarship and showcase the diversity, power, and complexity of our shared American story.

All events have live-captioning.

Event Location:

3M Auditorium, Minnesota History Center