Screening of the documentary 'For the Common Good: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation' followed by a moderated discussion with Mickey Herr and Fort Pitt Museum staff.
Fort Pitt Museum is hosting a screening and discussion on Saturday, Nov. 14, as part of the Speaker Saturday series. The afternoon centers on For the Common Good: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation, a documentary series directed by Andrew Ferrett that spotlights pioneering women whose lives left a mark on the country. The program is presented in partnership with the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Three women are at the heart of the series. Dinah of Stenton was an enslaved woman who won her freedom in 1776 and later protected James Logan's homestead from being burned by British forces during the Revolutionary War. Elizabeth Coates Paschall was a healer and successful business owner whose recipe book is still preserved at the College of Physicians in Philadelphia. And Sybilla Righton Masters was an inventor who became the first American colonist granted an English patent. The documentary brings their stories to the screen, and the discussion that follows lets you dig into them further.
The afternoon opens with the screening of For the Common Good, followed by a moderated conversation with Mickey Herr of the NSCDA/PA and Fort Pitt Museum's Mike Burke and Justin Meinert. Fort Pitt Museum is part of the Heinz History Center family of museums.
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It runs from 1 PM to 3 PM at Fort Pitt Museum, 601 Commonwealth Place, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Admission is included with general admission, though advance registration is recommended.
