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Book Talk at the FAM
August 3 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Fredericksburg Area Museum Announces Book Talk: Female Husbands with Dr. Jen Manion
The Fredericksburg Area Museum (FAM), in partnership with the James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library, is pleased to announce a book talk with Female Husbands: A Trans History author Dr. Jen Manion.
“Long before people identified as transgender or lesbian, there were female husbands and the women who loved them. Female husbands – people assigned female who transed gender, lived as men, and married women – were true queer pioneers. This talk will explore the riveting and very personal stories of ordinary female husbands of the 18th and 19th centuries who faced tremendous risk, danger, violence, and threat of punishment. How does knowledge of transgender history help us make sense of transgender rights and politics in the present?” Dr. Jen Manion is a social and cultural historian whose work examines the role of gender and sexuality in American life. Manion is the Winkley Professor of History and Political Economy at Amherst College.
Female Husbands: A Trans History (Cambridge, 2020) was a finalist for the OAH Lawrence Levine Award for the best book in U.S. cultural history and recipient of the British Association of Victorian Studies best book prize. This program take place on Saturday, August 3rd between 2pm – 4pm at the FAM (907 Princess Anne Street). This event is FREE and open to the public. At the conclusion of the talk, Dr. Manion will be signing books. Books will be available for purchase at the event. Participants will also have the
opportunity to visit FAM’s newest exhibit, Out and About: The Walk In Closet.
For more information please either contact tcramer@famva.org, or visit us at www.famva.org.
The FAM collects, researches, interprets, teaches, and preserves the history, heritage, and culture of the Fredericksburg region. We serve a diverse community through a commitment to inclusion, integrity, credibility, and relevance. We will facilitate an understanding and appreciation of how the acts of those who preceded us have shaped this community and the nation at large—providing both lessons and inspiration as we work together to forge a greater community.
