St. Augustine Creative Lecture Series

Join the Lightner Museum and Florida Humanities as author Betty Jean Steinshouer takes a closer look at a dozen women authors who put Florida on the map. From Harriet Beecher Stowe, Constance Fenimore Woolson, Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daughter Rose Wilder Lane, Elizabeth Bishop, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Rachel Carson, Zora Neale Hurston and Marjorie Stoneman Douglas… they all gravitated to the Land of Flowers. Four frequented the Old City – Harriet Beecher Stowe, Constance Fenimore Woolson, Sarah Orne Jewett (in the 19th century), and of course Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (in the 20th century). In this presentation, Steinshouer will discuss all of the “Scribbling Women in Florida” while providing a special focus on five prominent female authors who frequented St. Augustine.

Join us as we celebrate women in the month of March! In correlation with Betty Jean Steinshouer’s lecture Scribbling Women in Florida, the Corazon Cinema and Café will present Iron Jawed Angels on March 28th & 29th.  Movie attendees will receive a 20% discount coupon for purchases in Lightner Museum’s gift store. Visit Corazon Cinema and Cafe for showtimes.