Women 200 Years Ago | Theater with a Mission

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They couldn’t vote. They were frequently unnoticed and unmentioned in historical accounts. Historian Tracy Revels makes the hidden history of women come to life, assisted by actors portraying women who were enslaved, Free Blacks, crackers, planters, and socio-political elites.

EXPLORE BONUS FEATURES

This project is sponsored in part by the Department of State, Division of Historical Resources and the State of Florida.

Bonus Features - Women 200 Years Ago

“Women in Florida 200 Years Ago” (Ages 14 and Up)

Dr. Tracy Revels’s Talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFyI5WwZvFg

Subtitle: Profiling Dr. Revels

https://www.wofford.edu/about/news/wofford-today/archive/2022/winter/dr-tracy-revels

Martha Bireda

https://vimeo.com/873485004/ba2cca3270

“How to Keep a Woman Happy” told by Misty Penton

https://vimeo.com/650897089

Florida for Sale Louisa Catherine Adams Full Scene

https://vimeo.com/650933423

Florida for Sale Onís Full Scene

https://vimeo.com/650936266

Subtext: Introduction at 1:42, Scene starts at 2:23 and ends at 11:07

Aunt Rachel Jackson in whole play

https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/832062791/4544af3086

Cracker Women at Territorial Land Sales

https://vimeo.com/952186197/796dd42a3c?share=copy

Mike Denham Article on cracker women and their families (shared by permission of Sentry Press)

Subtitle: James M. Denham Bio

Elite Women Influencing Florida Politics

Subtext: Start at 7:22 – 13:00

https://vimeo.com/952186197/796dd42a3c?share=copy

Tales from the Log Cabin Capitol

https://vimeo.com/1002110417/dde5ae0b51

The Habeas Corpus Fracas

https://vimeo.com/950853826/3d7423dd8b

Subtitle: The Habeas Corpus Fracas Script

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