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SUMMARY:The Vanishing Trading Posts
DESCRIPTION:“The Vanishing Trading Posts” presents a snapshot of life in the southwest that has disappeared. In a little over one hundred years\, trading posts in the Four Corners were founded\, traders and Native Americans flourished\, and then the posts faded away. The challenges and unexpected gifts of cross-cultural exchange and stories of trading family dynasties are discussed against a background of social and economic changes on the reservations and in the U.S. that still impact relationships today. \nChris and Sandy are docents at the Museum of Northern Arizona and have been speaking about the land and people of the Colorado Plateau since 2012. In-depth research and related interviews have resulted in presentations to local social and educational groups\, museum groups\, public venues such as the Riordan Mansion State Park in Flagstaff\, and AZ Speaks locations throughout Arizona. Some topics are presented in costumes of the time period\, and in every case with a thorough exploration of the events and personalities of the time from multiple points of view.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-vanishing-trading-posts-2/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200214T133000
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SUMMARY:“Hyenas in Petticoats”–How Women Struggled Against Every Dirty Trick in the Books to Win the Vote!
DESCRIPTION:As we celebrate the 100th birthday of the 19th Amendment in 2020\, it’s time to look back at the enormous effort it took for women to be granted full citizenship and the vote. History has downplayed suffrage\, as if it were just a footnote in American history\, when in fact\, it was the nation’s largest civil rights movement. Western women got the vote long before their Eastern sisters\, but don’t dare tell an Arizona suffragette that she had it easy. Arizona had its own dirty tricks. Jana exposes it all—the heroines\, the heroes and the haters. \nJana Bommersbach is one of Arizona’s most honored and respected journalists. She has won accolades in every facet of her career— investigative reporter\, magazine columnist\, television commentator and author of nationally acclaimed books. She currently writes for True West magazine\, digging up the true stories behind the popular myths\, with an emphasis on Arizona’s real history and women of the Old West. Her insight\, knowledge and wit produce exuberant\, riveting speeches that always garner rave reviews.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/hyenas-in-petticoats-how-women-struggled-against-every-dirty-trick-in-the-books-to-win-the-vote-4/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200115T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200115T150000
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SUMMARY:Honky Tonks\, Brothels and Mining Camps: Entertainment in Old Arizona
DESCRIPTION:In pioneer Arizona\, among the best places to experience the performing arts were in the mining towns. Striking it rich meant having disposable income\, and miners\, like the well-heeled of the Gilded Age\, wanted to demonstrate their sophistication with culture. From the early popular music of ragtime and minstrelsy during the forming of these communities\, evolved orchestras\, opera and glee clubs—all in hamlets like Tombstone. Dr. Craváth shares stories and music of a time when performing live was the only way to enjoy the arts. \nJay Craváth\, Ph.D. is a composer\, writer\, and scholar in the field of music and Indigenous studies. He crafts programs from these interests into interactive discussions that include stories\, musical performance\, and illustrations/photography. One of his most recent publication is Iretaba: Mohave Chief and American Diplomat. Dr. Craváth will begin an Arizona tour in late May of 2017 for his latest album: Songs for Ancient Days. \nDan Shilling is the former executive director of Arizona Humanities\, where he worked for nearly 20 years. Since leaving AH\, Shilling has co-directed three NEH summer institutes on environmental ethics\, given dozens of presentations on place-based economic development\, and authored or edited several publications\, including Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Methods for Environmental Sustainability(Cambridge 2018). A former high school teacher\, Dan holds a PhD in literature from ASU. He has served on dozens of boards and commissions. To acknowledge his many contributions to the state\, ASU presented him its most prestigious honor\, the Distinguished Alumnus Award.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/honky-tonks-brothels-and-mining-camps-entertainment-in-old-arizona-15/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20181008T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20181008T150000
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SUMMARY:Arizona Goes to the Moon - Sedona
DESCRIPTION:Arizona played a key role in preparing to send humans to the moon in the late 1960s/early 1970s. The Apollo astronauts themselves traveled to the Grand Canyon and volcanic fields around the state to learn geology and practice their lunar excursions. Meanwhile\, U.S. Geological Survey engineers worked with NASA staff members to develop and test instruments while artists joined forces with scientists to create detailed maps of the moon that were critical to navigating around lunar surface. \nKevin Schindler is an award-winning educator and writer who has worked for more than 20 years at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. He was sheriff of the Flagstaff Corral of Westerners for 14 years and a board member of the Flagstaff Festival of Science for 16 years. Combining a dual passion for history and science\, he has presented hundreds of educational programs\, authored four books\, written more than 400 magazine and newspaper articles\, and contributes a bi-weekly astronomy column for the Arizona Daily Sun.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/arizona-goes-to-the-moon-sedona/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180912T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180912T150000
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SUMMARY:Life on the Lazy B as Lived by an American Cowboy and Rancher - Sedona
DESCRIPTION:In 1880\, Alan Day’s grandfather homesteaded the Lazy B ranch.  This dusty dry tract of land produced a Supreme Court Justice\, a lauded Arizona state senator\, and a career rancher\, cowboy\, and land conservationist. Alan explores the ranching and cowboying life from the chuck wagon years of his childhood\, through his adult years of increasing bureaucracy\, airplanes\, computers and now even drones. At the heart of his stories lie adventures that most of us will never experience\, as well as a deep love of the natural world. \nIf it is possible to say someone can be born a cowboy\, then Alan Day was born one. He was the third generation to grow up on the 200\,000-acre Lazy B cattle ranch straddling the high deserts of southern Arizona and New Mexico. After graduating from the University of Arizona\, Alan returned to manage Lazy B for the next 40 years\, during which time he received awards for his dedication to land stewardship. In addition to co-authoring with his sister\, Sandra Day O’Connor\, the New York Times bestselling memoir Lazy B\, Alan also is the author of The Horse Lover: A Cowboy’s Quest to Save the Wild Mustangs and Cowboy Up: Life Lessons from Lazy B.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/life-on-the-lazy-b-as-lived-by-an-american-cowboy-and-rancher-sedona/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180505T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180505T150000
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SUMMARY:Vintage Arizona: The Growth\, Death\, and Rebirth of a Local Wine Industry - Sedona
DESCRIPTION:Arizona’s wine industry is booming. Starting from almost nothing in the 1970s\, there are now over 50 wineries across the state and more starting every year.  Despite the youth of the current industry\, there is a long history of wine-making in Arizona dating back some 200 years. Using numerous illustrations\, this presentation traces the fascinating – and often amusing – story of Arizona wine from the Spanish Colonial period to the present.  Topics include pioneering efforts using wild grapes\, Mesa’s forgotten 19th century wine industry\, the illegal raisin wineries of the Great Depression\, and the unlikely band of aspiring winemakers that led the modern rebirth of Arizona wine in the 1980s. \nErik Berg is an award-winning historian and writer with a special interest in the early twentieth century southwest.  Raised in Flagstaff\, and a graduate of the University of Arizona\, Berg has been exploring\, hiking\, and researching the southwest for over thirty years.  In addition to contributing to several books and numerous conferences\, his work has appeared in the Journal of Arizona History\, Arizona Highways\, Astronomy\, the Journal of the Society of Commercial Archaeology\, and Sedona Magazine.  A past-president of the Grand Canyon Historical Society\, Berg currently lives in Phoenix.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/vintage-arizona-the-growth-death-and-rebirth-of-a-local-wine-industry-sedona/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180307T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180307T150000
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SUMMARY:Legacies of the Past: Arizona Women Who Made History - Sedona
DESCRIPTION:From artists and healers\, teachers and entrepreneurs\, women who plowed the land and those who were instrumental in establishing laws for the new territory of Arizona. Many early Arizona women became known for their fortitude in the face of adversity\, their confrontation of extraordinary and sometimes dangerous situations\, their adventuresome spirits\, and their dedication to improving the lives of others. Some of these women gained a degree of celebrity across the state\, within their communities\, and throughout their tribal regions\, while others remained relatively unknown. This PowerPoint program details the lives of remarkable Arizona women who had an impact on the territory and the state. \nAward-winning author\, historian\, and lecturer Jan Cleere writes extensively about the Southwest desert\, particularly about the people who first settled the territory. She graduated from ASU with a degree in American Studies and is the author of five historical nonfiction books about the people who first settled in the Southwest desert. She lectures around the state about early pioneers who were instrumental in settling and civilizing the territory of Arizona. Jan writes a monthly column for Tucson’s Arizona Daily Star\, “Western Women\,” detailing the lives of some of Arizona’s early amazing women. Her freelance work appears in national and regional publications.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/legacies-of-the-past-arizona-women-who-made-history-sedona/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180205T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180205T143000
DTSTAMP:20171208T123618Z
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SUMMARY:African American Art\, Fort Huachuca\, and World War II - Sedona
DESCRIPTION:Fort Huachuca\, in Sierra Vista\, is the surprising site of a remarkable story of African American art during World War II. Central to the chronicle is Arizona painter Lew Davis. The base was home to two black divisions\, and Davis painted murals for the two segregated officers’ clubs. For the black officers’ club Davis produced something stunningly original: The Negro in America’s Wars\, representing African American participation in the Revolution\, the War of 1812\, the Civil War\, and World War I. Davis then produced a series of morale-building posters with\, African American faces. Finally\, Davis helped organized an exhibition of eighty-six works by thirty-seven African American artists. \nBetsy Fahlman is Professor of Art History at Arizona State University. An authority on the art history of Arizona\, her books include New Deal Art in Arizona (2009) and The Cowboy’s Dream: The Mythic Life and Art of Lon Megargee (2002). She is the author of two essays in catalogues published in 2012 by the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff: “New Women\, Southwest Culture: Arizona’s Early Art Community” (in Mary-Russell Ferrell Colton: Artist and Advocate in Early Arizona) and “Making the Cultural Desert Bloom: Arizona’s Early Women Artists” (in Arizona’s Pioneering Women Artists: Impressions of the Grand Canyon State).
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/african-american-art-fort-huachuca-and-world-war-ii-sedona/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180110T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20180110T150000
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SUMMARY:Flagstaff Pioneer John Elden:  Murder\, Mystery\, Myth and History - Sedona
DESCRIPTION:The best-known and perhaps most visited grave site in northern Arizona belongs to little Johnny Elden\, Jr. His 1887 murder remains one of the most infamous in Territorial history. Today\, Johnny rests alone in a rock-covered grave at the base of the mountain named for his father. A beautiful U.S. Forest Service interpretive panel nearby describes the awful crime. Johnny was just six years old when he was shot and killed by itinerant mule skinner Bob Roberts in a dispute over water. Although the murder has haunted Flagstaff for over a century\, did it really happen? This presentation examines the story of pioneer John Elden\, the murder of his son\, and the contribution of myth to history. \nJohn Westerlund is an independent scholar and American West historian. He was a career Army officer serving four overseas tours. He was a seasonal National Park Service ranger for 11 summers with the Flagstaff Area National Monuments. His book Arizona’s War Town: Flagstaff\, Navajo Ordnance Depot\, and World War II won several awards for preservation of Southwest culture. He published numerous articles in The Journal of Arizona History along with articles in French and U.S. defense-related journals. He has been a ‘Road
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/flagstaff-pioneer-john-elden-murder-mystery-myth-and-history-sedona/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20171211T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20171211T143000
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SUMMARY:Arizona’s Wild Myths and Legends - Sedona
DESCRIPTION:Wyatt Earp\, Billy the Kid and John Wayne: what do these famous characters have in common? They are not who we think they are because of the legends that have grown up around them. From the 1860’s dime novels to the books\, movies\, and television shows\, writers have altered\, exaggerated and sometimes lied about these folk heroes.  In “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance\,” the editor says\, “When the legend becomes fact\, print the legend.” We will examine how the legends grew and how they impact how we view the past\, act in the present\, and build the future. \nBefore retiring from the Arizona Historical Society\, Jim Turner worked with more than 70 museums in every corner of the state. He is co-author of the 4th-grade textbook The Arizona Story\, and his pictorial history book\, Arizona: Celebration of the Grand Canyon State\, was a 2012 Southwest Books of the Year selection. Jim moved to Tucson in 1951\, earned a M.A. in U.S. history from the University of Arizona\, and has been researching and teaching Arizona history for more than 40 years. Jim is now an author/editor for Rio Nuevo Publishers\, author of The Mighty Colorado from the Glaciers of the Gulf(2016) and Crater Lake and Beyond (2017).
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/arizonas-wild-myths-and-legends-sedona/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20170605T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20170605T150000
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SUMMARY:From China to Mexico:  A Journey of Decorative Arts
DESCRIPTION:Mexico/New Spain in the 17th and 18th centuries was an area that enjoyed enormous economic prosperity. Each year trading ships from China brought goods to Mexico in exchange for New World silver. Stylistic features and design of many trade items influenced artists and designers working in Mexico. Mexican ceramics displayed the impact of galleon trade most vividly\, and Manila shawls display Chinese silk motifs and decorative techniques which later inspired the decoration of Mexican textiles. This presentation traces the history of Mexican talavara design\, Manila shawl (Mantones de Manila) surface embroidery and the transformation of both to become uniquely Mexican decorative arts. \nBrenda Brandt has a Ph.D. from Florida State University. She is a published author who has held faculty positions at the University of Arizona and Colorado State University as a researcher and educator. Past museum experience includes curatorial and education responsibilities in history and cultural museums in the Valley. Her study of the social and personal relationships that people have with material culture through artifacts\, as well as the design\, meanings and significance of objects worldwide\, led her to open a consulting business\, BMB Artifact SERVICES in Phoenix in 2011.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/from-china-to-mexico-a-journey-of-decorative-arts-3/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20170508T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20170508T150000
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SUMMARY:The Woman Who Shot Cowboys: Rodeo Photographer Louise L. Serpa - Sedona
DESCRIPTION:Anyone who has ever stared down an angry bull coming full throttle across an arena will understand why rodeo photographer Louise Serpa often uttered the adage\, “Never Don’t Pay Attention.” Born into New York society\, Louise ended up out west with her nose buried in the dirt & her eye glued to a camera\, becoming the first woman to venture inside the arena & shoot some of the most amazing photographs of rodeo action. The dust & dirt of the rodeo became Louise’s lifeblood for almost 50 years. This PowerPoint program demonstrates the courage & resolution of a woman who was determined to decide her own fate while ascending to the highest pinnacles of rodeo photography. \nAward-winning author and lecturer Jan Cleere writes & speaks extensively about the people who first settled in the desert southwest. She has written five books including the just-released biography of rodeo photographer Louise L. Serpa\, Never Don’t Pay Attention. Other books include Levi’s & Lace: Arizona Women Who Made History\, Amazing Girls of Arizona: True Stories of Young Pioneers\, Outlaw Tales of Arizona\, & Nevada Women: Remarkable Women Who Shaped History. Her work has been recognized by the AZ Newspapers Assn.\, AZ Books Publishers Assn.\, Natl. Federation of Press Women\, & the NV Women’s History Project. She is an American Studies magna cum laude graduate of ASU West.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-woman-who-shot-cowboys-rodeo-photographer-louise-l-serpa-sedona/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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SUMMARY:Crosscurrents in the Desert: The U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps in Arizona - Sedona
DESCRIPTION:July 1\, 2018\, marks the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps\, an innovation for its time that addressed a healthcare crisis during World War II and improved nurse education across the United States. Participants will learn about Cadet Nurses in participating hospital schools of nursing in Arizona. Also to be discussed will be oral histories of a number of Cadet Nurses who received their training elsewhere and followed a different path to Arizona. Audience members who were Cadet Nurses or know U.S. Cadet Nurses will be invited to add to the conversation. \nElsie Szecsy is an Academic Professional Emeritus at Arizona State University\, where she investigated educational access and excellence in the U.S. Desert Southwest-Northern Mexico region. Now retired\, her focus is on research about and with Cadet Nurses. Among her publications are The Cadet Nurse Corps in Arizona: A History of Service. She also curates the uscadetnurse.org website.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/crosscurrents-in-the-desert-the-u-s-cadet-nurse-corps-in-arizona-sedona/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20170308T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20170308T143000
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SUMMARY:Growing Up Chicana in Morenci\, Arizona - Sedona
DESCRIPTION:Growing Up Chicana in Morenci\, Arizona\nThrough a slide presentation of the town before its destruction in the late 1960s\, readings from Suffer Smoke and Water from the Moon\, and oral history interviews\, Díaz Björkquist portrays the lives of girls and women of Morenci in their own voices. It is a historically accurate picture of life for Mexican Americans in a segregated copper mining town from the 1920s to the late 1960s. This inspirational presentation pays tribute to four generations of Chicanas who\, in spite of discrimination\, persevered and showed that “si se puede” (it can be done). Morenci Chicanas were the “glue” that kept the family unit together with their unique cultural spirit\, showing courage and strength. \nElena Díaz Björkquist is a writer\, historian\, and artist from Tucson\, Arizona. She writes about Morenci where she was born. Elena is the author of two books\, Suffer Smoke and Water from the Moon and co-editor of Sowing the Seeds\, una cosecha de recuerdosand Our Spirit\, Our Reality; celebrating our Stories. She is a scholar and research affiliate with SIROW at the University of Arizona. Elena is the recipient of the 2012 Arizona Humanities Dan Shilling Public Humanities Scholar Award and the Arizona Commission on the Arts Bill Desmond Writing Award. Her personal website is: https://elenadiazbjorkquist.wordpress.com.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/growing-up-chicana-in-morenci-arizona-sedona/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks,Northern Arizona
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SUMMARY:Sedona: From Cucumbers to Leavenworth - Sedona
DESCRIPTION:Using interviews with Sedona Schnebly’s children\, Lisa Schnebly Heidinger  has put together little-known details about this amazing woman’s life\, from being written out of the will for marrying TC Schnebly on her 20th birthday to the fate of the man she didn’t marry. Her story includes the journey west and the comic and tragic details of building community in an admittedly beautiful but also harsh place.  Family recollections stitch around the edges\, with some surprising anecdotes about this WTCU member. \nAs a native of the state  (although in speeches she often says that Sedona Schnebly came from Missouri\, so true Arizonans can be born anywhere)\, Lisa Schnebly Heidinger’s deepest passion lies in sharing stories of our amazing state and helping others find their favorite Arizona.  Beginning as a cub reporter for the Green Valley News\, she feels her best ministry lies in taking in other people’s stories and sharing them with wider audiences.  When Heidinger’s state centennial book was voted OneBookAZ\, she  went on a  statewide tour that included a seven-person audience in Concho and more than 100 in Fountain Hills. In all\, she loves sharing Arizona stories.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/sedona-from-cucumbers-to-leavenworth-sedona/
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SUMMARY:In Search of a Homeland\, the Story of a Pioneer Chinese Woman\, Lai Ngan - Sedona
DESCRIPTION:Lai Ngan was smuggled into America at a tender age in the 1870s and sold into bondage.  While still a teenage\, she was married off to a Chinese man who was 35 years her senior. She fulfilled  her duties as a loving mother to her children and a supportive wife. She followed her husband on his peripatetic journeys in search of a place where they could raise their children in a safe environment. She was an entrepreneur in her own right\, contributing significantly to the family livelihood. In the end\, she married her true love\, only to have their union come to an unfortunate end. Lai Ngan’s story offers an example of one immigrant woman’s successful struggle to survive in the American Southwest. \nLi is the recipient of the C.L. Sonnichson Award for best article in The Journal of Arizona History in 2011. She is an East Asian Studies specialist\, historian and writer. Her writings include topics in Chinese history and Chinese-American History\, and have appeared in The Journal of Arizona History and major magazines and newspapers in both Taiwan and mainland China. Li received her Ph.D. in East Asian Studies from University of Arizona (2004) and taught at the University of Arizona and Pima Community College. She also held a faculty position at the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as a researcher and educator. In addition to conducting her own research\, Li has translated two books.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/in-search-of-a-homeland-the-story-of-a-pioneer-chinese-woman-lai-ngan/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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SUMMARY:Pens & Paintbrushes: The Legacies of Early Arizona Women in the Arts
DESCRIPTION:This PowerPoint program explores the lives of 5 artists whose talents personify the beauty of the early western frontier. Hopi potter Nampeyo shaped clay vessels with an intricacy seldom duplicated today. Writer Sharlot Hall described images of Arizona’s past and preserved our history. Author Martha Summerhayes wrote of her adventures following her husband from one Arizona army post to another. Kate Cory’s abundant portfolio of paintings & photos illustrates an intense cultural sensitivity to Hopi rituals & ceremonies. Architect Mary Colter designed edifices across the southwest\, particularly at the Grand Canyon. Folk singer Katie Lee still expresses herself through her songs & writings. \nAward-winning author and lecturer Jan Cleere writes & speaks extensively about the people who first settled in the desert southwest. She has written five books including the just-released biography of rodeo photographer Louise L. Serpa\, Never Don’t Pay Attention. Other books include Levi’s & Lace: Arizona Women Who Made History\, Amazing Girls of Arizona: True Stories of Young Pioneers\, Outlaw Tales of Arizona\, & Nevada Women: Remarkable Women Who Shaped History. Her work has been recognized by the AZ Newspapers Assn.\, AZ Books Publishers Assn.\, Natl. Federation of Press Women\, & the NV Women’s History Project. She is an American Studies magna cum laude graduate of ASU West.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/pens-paintbrushes-the-legacies-of-early-arizona-women-in-the-arts-5/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
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