“Hoe woest de werelt” [“How Savage the World”]: The Role of Women in Leisler’s Rebellion - History Talk by Dr. David Voorhees

On Thursday, June 29, 6pm in-person at the Hudson Area Library, David Voorhees, director of the Jacob Leisler Institute for Early New York History, speaks on the prominent role women played in the 1689-1691 New York uprising against King James IIs government popularly known as the “Leisler Rebellion”. Numerous references to female political activism are found in the records of the rebellion. Indeed, historians note that women played a prominent role in the uprising. This presentation explores women's involvement in New York politics a generation after the English takeover of New Netherland in both the local and broader Atlantic World contexts.

Dr. Voorhees is director of the Jacob Leisler Papers Project, formerly located at New York University, as well as the Jacob Leisler Institute headquartered in Hudson. He is also managing editor of de Halve Maen (The Half Moon), a quarterly scholarly journal published by The Holland Society of New York. An NYU research scientist, he is a former managing reference history editor at Charles Scribner's Sons and has published numerous historical works and articles and been a consultant on historical exhibits at the Museum of the City of New York and the Bard Graduate Center in Manhattan, among others.

The Jacob Leisler Library Lectures are made partially possible through the generous support of the Van Dyke Family Foundation and Hudson River Bank and Trust.

PHOTO CREDIT: Illustration by F.T. Merrill, from Edwin Lassetter Bynner, The Begum's Daughter (1890), a novel about Leisler's Rebellion.

Date/Time: Thursday, June 29, 2023 / 6pm

Location: Hudson Area Library Community Room
51 North Fifth Street in Hudson, NY.

Registration: No advance registration required