IN-PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
6:30 p.m.
Presented by Dr. Rebecca Howard
Free
Dr. Rebecca Howard will give a presentation at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 21, 2022, on Tontitown’s first school teacher, a woman who graduated in 1896 from St. Mary’s Academy in Little Rock. In an era when most Arkansas women pursued a life in the home, Miss Brady created an independent life for herself, becoming a well-travelled, bilingual educator who lived and taught in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Arizona. But due to the transient nature of teaching in the early 20th century, the outline of Brady’s life all but disappeared after her death. It is only through 21st-century innovations in archival access and digitization that a fuller view of the woman has emerged, and called into question whether her life was truly unique, or if women like her are simply poorly documented. This presentation is derived from Dr. Rebecca Howard’s essay that earned her the 2019 Susie Pryor Award.
DR. REBECCA HOWARD
Dr. Rebecca Howard is Professor of History at Lone Star College in Houston, Texas. She is a Northwest Arkansas native who earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Texas A&M University. She completed her doctoral studies at the University of Arkansas. Her research interests include the aftermath of the Civil War in the border South, especially the experiences of Southerners who supported the federal government during the rebellion, and Italian immigration to the South during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her most recent publication is an essay in an edited collection by LSU Press about Arkansas’s Union Veterans after the Civil War.
This in-person event is also available for viewing live online. Please note this free online event is limited to 100 participants. Registration is required. After you register, you will receive an email confirmation with a Zoom link to join the event.
REGISTER TO VIEW VIRTUALLY
IN-PERSON AND ONLINE EVENT
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
6:30 p.m.
Presented by Dr. Rebecca Howard
Free
Dr. Rebecca Howard will give a presentation at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 21, 2022, on Tontitown’s first school teacher, a woman who graduated in 1896 from St. Mary’s Academy in Little Rock. In an era when most Arkansas women pursued a life in the home, Miss Brady created an independent life for herself, becoming a well-travelled, bilingual educator who lived and taught in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Arizona. But due to the transient nature of teaching in the early 20th century, the outline of Brady’s life all but disappeared after her death. It is only through 21st-century innovations in archival access and digitization that a fuller view of the woman has emerged, and called into question whether her life was truly unique, or if women like her are simply poorly documented. This presentation is derived from Dr. Rebecca Howard’s essay that earned her the 2019 Susie Pryor Award.
DR. REBECCA HOWARD
Dr. Rebecca Howard is Professor of History at Lone Star College in Houston, Texas. She is a Northwest Arkansas native who earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Texas A&M University. She completed her doctoral studies at the University of Arkansas. Her research interests include the aftermath of the Civil War in the border South, especially the experiences of Southerners who supported the federal government during the rebellion, and Italian immigration to the South during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her most recent publication is an essay in an edited collection by LSU Press about Arkansas’s Union Veterans after the Civil War.
This in-person event is also available for viewing live online. Please note this free online event is limited to 100 participants. Registration is required. After you register, you will receive an email confirmation with a Zoom link to join the event.
REGISTER TO VIEW VIRTUALLY