This show highlights the role of women in America from the 18th century to the 19th amendment as seen in popular song. Accompanied by mountain and hammered dulcimers, flute, and guitar, Linda Russell & Companie sing broadsides, laments, work songs, love songs, parlor melodies, and suffrage anthems. The songs reflect the changing status of women in society. The trio intersperses the music with excerpts from women's diaries and letters. Included are stories of Deborah Samson, who fought as a soldier in Washington's army, and women such as Elisabeth Cady Stanton from Johnstown, NY and Alice Paul from Mount Laurel, NJ - who led the fight for Women's Suffrage.
$15 General Admission
$10 Discounted Admission (for HHS members, seniors, students, active military personnel and their families, veterans, and children under 18)
$7 Child’s Admission (for kids 13-17 years of age)
Free Admission (for children under the age of 13)
Meet the Musicians:
Linda Russell explores history through music. Having served for many years as a balladeer for the National Park Service at Federal Hall on Wall Street, the site of Washington’s inauguration, Ms. Russell now takes her music to historic sites, schools, and festivals throughout the country. New York appearances have included Lincoln Center and the Carnegie Hall Folk Festival.
Margery Cohen is a soprano whose work in musical theater has received Grammy and Obie nominations, and whose credits include the New York production of Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill. Most recently she served as an understudy in the Broadway revival of Funny Girl.
Christa Patton, historical harpist and early wind specialist, has performed throughout the Americas, Europe, and Japan with many of today’s premier early music ensembles, including Piffaro the Renaissance Band, Early Music New York, Boston Camerata, The King’s Noyse, Folger Consort, Newberry Consort, Apollo’s Fire, and Parthenia.
This program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.