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While Dire Oppression Reigns: Women’s Experience of Occupied Long Island with Dr. Susan Hinely

March 22 @ 1:00 pm 2:30 pm

Long Island became an occupied territory after the British won the Battle of Brooklyn, and it remained under occupation for over seven years, the longest continuously occupied area during the War of Independence. In recognition of America250 and Women’s History Month, join Stony Brook University Lecturer Dr. Susan Hinely as she highlights the common theme of women’s importance as economic providers and primary responders in a context of social collapse.

This program will take place in the Gillespie Room located in the Carriage Museum.

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This program is included with museum admission. Preregistration is requested.

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