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Note: If you don’t book
programs, but like to attend them, you can find a list of my upcoming
presentations at: https://tellingherstories.com/performances/
Many venues happily accommodate guests.
Planning 2023-2024
programming for your library or group?
Covid “worry free” flexible
booking policy:
You can move a program online, move to another date, or
cancel without charge.
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2023 is the 140th
anniversary of the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge.
Bring “Emily Roebling” to your venue to talk about her
overlooked role in its construction…
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Bridge
Builder in Petticoats: Emily Warren Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge
Carol Simon Levin impersonates Emily Warren Roebling to
tell the story of the woman who helped manage the construction of
this amazing bridge, which was considered one of the most amazing
technological achievements of its time, the “Eighth Wonder of the World.”
At her death, she was called “the most famous woman in New
Jersey” and “one of the most noted women in the country,” yet today
almost no one knows her name!
Or
learn about other groundbreaking women in STEM fields:
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Mothers
of Invention — Carol portrays motion study
pioneer and “Cheaper by the Dozen” mother of 12 Lillian Moller
Gilbreth and shares the stories of other overlooked women innovators,
including many women of color. From Margaret Knight (the 19th century
“Female Edison”) to Hollywood superstar Hedy Lamarr, these “Mothers
of Invention” changed our lives, yet their accomplishments were all
too often ignored.
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Women
of the Seas and Stars — Carol portrays
Mercury 13 “almost astronaut” Jerrie Cobb to tell the stories of
overlooked women who sought to explore realms beyond the surface of
Earth — astronomers and astronauts, human “computers” and marine
scientists who have broadened our understanding of our planet and our
universe.
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Nobody
Owns the Sky: Fascinating Stories of Forgotten Female Aviators —
Carol portrays Elinor Smith Sullivan to tell the
stories of some of the early female pilots who risked their lives in
flimsy wood and canvas aeroplanes but whose ground-breaking
exploits were lost to history after Amelia Earhart’s famous
disappearance.
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“A WASP takes Wing” is
perfect for Veterans’ Day (or any day)…
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W.A.S.P. Takes Wing — Carol shares the
story of the amazing Women Airforce Service Pilots through the eyes
of Ann Baumgartner Carl, the Jersey girl who trained as a WASP,
test-flew experimental planes, and became the first American woman to
fly a jet airplane!
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Invite Juliette Gordon Low
to come for a visit…
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“Crazy
Daisy” : Juliette Gordon Low: Intrepid Founder of the Girl Scouts — Carol impersonates Juliette Gordon Low to tell how an
impulsive, nearly-deaf, eccentric and fun-loving transatlantic
socialite founded an inclusive movement which has empowered tens of
millions of girls worldwide.
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Plan Ahead for Black History Month next February…
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Our
Rights Too! Carol portrays Matilda Gage,
honorary member of the Haudenosaunee nation, emphasizing the
overlooked role played by women of color in the long fight for
women’s rights. She shares the stories of enslaved poet Phillis
Wheatley, noted abolitionists and women’s rights speakers Maria W.
Stewart, Sojourner Truth and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, organizers
and suffrage activists Ida Bell Wells-Barnett and Mary Church
Terrill, Native American activists Zitkala-Ša and Marie Louise
Bottineau Baldwin, migrant rights advocate Dolores Huerta and many
more women of all colors and creeds who fought for women’s rights and
women’s lives.
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Overlooked
Ingenuity — Stories of women who overcame
the combined barriers of gender and race to create inventions that
have changed our world
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And for Women’s History
Month in March…
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Pickets
and Persistence, War Service and Woman Suffrage — Carol portrays Jeannette Rankin, America’s first female
member of Congress, telling the intertwined stories of women’s
suffrage activism, war service, and the political calculus that
finally brought the support of President Wilson, the U.S. Congress,
and state legislatures to achieve passage of the 19th Amendment
granting women the right to vote.
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Remembering
the Ladies: From Patriots in Petticoats to Presidential Candidates (based on her book of the same name) — Carol
portrays Abigail Adams, who famously wrote to her husband John asking
that the Continental Congress “remember the ladies” when drafting new
laws for the new nation, something the new Congress definitely did
not do! “Abigail” then looks forward in time to tell the
stories of courageous and tenacious women of all colors and creeds
who fought to enhance women’s political participation — from Dolley
Madison to the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, the 1920 passage of
the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote and the
pioneering female activists and politicians who’ve worked to extend
women’s economic, social, and political rights into the 21st century.
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“Abigail Adams” with area girl scouts after
her performance of Remembering the Ladies at the Bernardsville
Library. Photo Credit: Christine Zamarra
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“Lillian Feickert” and
suffrage supporters at Drake House, Plainfield NJ
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Reclaiming
Our Voice — Carol portrays Lillian
Feickert, president of the NJ Woman Suffrage Association from
1912-1920, to explore NJ’s overlooked role in the long frustrating
fight for woman suffrage. She tells how some NJ women once had the
vote, then lost it for over a century, how nationally-known suffrage
advocates Lucy Stone and Elizabeth Cady Stanton staged tax and voting
protests in the state, Dr. Florence Spearing Randolph brought black
women into the movement and Alice Paul became the dynamo who
re-energized the push for a federal amendment. This program
demonstrates that women were not “given” the vote, but fought for it
for generations.
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“Thank you again for a wonderful program last night! I
am still haunted by thoughts of Emily….you made her come so
alive…..and I learned more about the Brooklyn Bridge than I thought I
would ever know in my whole life!” — Nora, Ocean County Library
“Thank you for presenting a wonderful program that was
so informative and enlightening. Your knowledge and creative
storytelling fosters uncovering the truth of our past heroines.” —
Nancy, Somerset Run Singles
“I was somewhat skeptical when Lilyan invited me to your
program. As a pilot for many years I thought that I knew I everything
about women pilots. What a surprise. Your program taught me so very
much and your presentation was outstanding. I am sending your
information to as many women as I can. I know that anyone who attends
your program will be as excited as I am.” — A.L.
Carol Simon Levin is a professional and reliable
performer, whose “in-character” storytelling programs are very
well-researched, presented in a fun, informative manner and entertain
while they educate… — L.K. Long Branch Free Public Library
Carol’s electric energy and historic knowledge
combined to make a most enlightening presentation — W.S.
Ringwood Public Library
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Telling
Her Stories
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Bedminster, NJ 07921 | | | |
