The Newlin Speaker Series: Women's Contributions to Colonial Pennsylvania

Ministers, healers, merchants, interpreters, diarists, an inventor, a fur trader, a wharf owner… when Mickey Herr went digging in the local archives searching for the stories of Colonial Pennsylvania women, she discovered more than she ever imagined. Her research became the catalyst for a project of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, “For the Common Good: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation,” a nine-part docuseries featuring women who made important contributions to the founding of America.

Mickey will share a curated selection of her favorite stories, along with two parts of the docuseries. In honor of the season, we will ponder the costs of being accused of witchcraft and the dangers of working as a healer.

Mickey Herr, a writer and public historian, serves as executive producer of “For the Common Good.” She shares a “writer’s photography” and other inspirations at mickeyherr.com and on Instagram @mickeyherr8155.

The Newlin Speaker Series is free for members. To learn more about membership at Newlin Grist Mill, visit www.newlingristmill.org/membership

Learn more about the project: www.nscdapa.org/common-good