Speaker Series

McCormick Center for the Study of the American Revolution Thompson Lecture Series

The 2013 Dell and Audrey Thompson Distinguished Lecture in American Revolution Studies will be delivered by Dr. Rosemarie Zagarri

A professor of history at George Mason University, Rosemarie Zagarri is the author of Revolutionary Backlash: Women and Politics in the Early American Republic (2007), The Politics of Size: Representation in the United States, 1776-1850 (1987), and A Woman’s Dilemma: Mercy Otis Warren and the American Revolution (1995), and the editor of David Humphreys’ “Life of General Washington” with George Washington’s “Remarks” (1991). She has also published dozens of articles on the subject of women, gender, politics and government in early American history. She is currently working on a book entitled “Nabob on the Potomac: Thomas Law, British India, and the Early American Republic.” Dr. Zagarri's lecture topic will be "Petticoat Politics: Women and Politics in the Early American Republic."

Thursday, March 21 in RB202. All are welcome to attend.