Brown Bag Lunch Program: Women of the American Revolution: Lost Voices of America's First Generation

When researching the topic of Revolutionary War espionage, Dr. Roger Smith found that many of the best spies were women! He uncovered even more stories of women from every colony, every race – free and enslaved, loyalist and rebel. These women disguised themselves as men in order to fight, helped prisoners of war escape, and endured hardships beyond belief for causes that would only return them to a second-class status once the war had ended. This is a talk that you will want your whole family to hear!

Dr. Smith received his Ph.D. in Early American History and Atlantic World Studies at the University of Florida. His work on the American Revolution in the South received the Aschoff (ASH-off) Fellowship Dissertation Award and the Jack and Celia Proctor Award in Southern History. Dr. Smith was a consultant for the AMC television show Turn and can be seen on the PBS documentary “Secrets of the Dead: The Secrets of Spanish Florida.” He recently received a national award from the Sons of the American Revolution for his work on Revolutionary War history in the southern colonies.

The Wednesday Brown Bag Lunch Program is free and open to the public. Doors open at 11:00 a.m. and the program will begin at 11:30. Patrons are welcome to bring their lunch. Light refreshments will be provided by Friends of the Main Library St. Augustine. For additional information, please call the Main Library at the number listed.