BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID;X-RICAL-TZSOURCE=TZINFO:-//com.denhaven2/NONSGML ri_cal gem//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION: \;Join us for a lively discus sion focusing on our nation&rsquo\;s first two First Ladies. Historians Patricia Brady and Woody Holton will provide insights into the roles\, personalities\, and legacies of Martha Washington and Abigail Ad ams. Then meet these remarkable women as they discuss the events surrounding the founding of a nation.The Education Department cordiall y invites Mount Vernon staff\, volunteers\, a nd Neighborhood Friends to join our residenti al teacher institute participants for this fr ee lecture. Please rsvp by Friday\, June 8 to Yvonne Jones at yjones@mountvernon.org.About the Speakers:Patricia Brady former director of publications at the Historic New Orleans Collection\, is a social and cultural historia n who has published extensively on First Ladi es\, women writers\, free people of color\, a nd the arts in the South. Her Martha Washingt on: An American Life\, the first scholarly bi ography of the first First Lady\, appeared in 2005. Other books include Nelly Custis Lewis&rsquo\;s Housekeeping Book and George Washington&rsquo\;s Beautiful Nelly. Past president and a fellow of the Louisi ana Historical Association\, she is president of the board of the Tennessee Williams/New O rleans Literary Association. Her doctorate is from Tulane University.Woody Holton is the a uthor of Abigail Adams (New York: Free Press\ , 2009)\, a winner of the Bancroft Prize\, an d of Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution (New York: Hill and Wang\, 2007) \, a finalist for the George Washington Book Prize and the National Book Award. Holton\, a 2008 Guggenheim Fellow\, has taught Early American history at the University of Richmond since the fall of 2000. Among the classes he has taught are the American Revolution\, Early American Women\, Creating the Constitution\, and Early African America ns. In 2000\, the Organization of American Hi storians awarded his first book\, Forced Foun ders: Indians\, Debtors\, Slaves and the Maki ng of the American Revolution in Virginia\, i ts prestigious Merle Curti award. Forced Founders is required reading on more than 150 campuses across the country. Holton holds a bachelor&rsquo\;s degree in Eng lish literature from the University of Virgin ia and a Ph.D. in American History from Duke.Featuring:Martha W ashington: MaryWiseman\, George Washington's Mount VernonAbigail Adams: Kim Hanley\, American Historical Theatre URL:http://mountvernon.patch.com/events/patsy-and-portia-our-nations-two- first-ladies SUMMARY:Patsy and Portia - Our Nation's Two First Ladies LOCATION:Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens: 3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy\ , Alexandria\, VA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR