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When Jennie Goes Marching
a remembering
Women soldiers of the Civil War merit recognition
because they were there and because they were not supposed to be.
They deserve remembrance because their actions made them uncommon
and revolutionary, possessed of valor at odds with Victorian and,
in some respects, even modern views of women’s proper role.
Quite simply, the women in the ranks of the Union and Confederate
armies refused to stay in their socially mandated place, even though
it meant resorting to subterfuge to achieve their goal of being soldiers.
They faced down not only the guns of the adversary but the sexual
prejudices of their society.
- Excerpt from They Fought Like Demons by
DeAnne Blanton and Lauren M. Cook |
When Jennie Goes Marching, a remembering weaves a montage inspired
by the more than two hundred forty women who disguised themselves as men, enlisted
as soldiers, and fought in the American Civil War. In this original performance
work, a kaleidoscope of images composed of gesture, physical action, original
and found text, and music honor and remember the courage, imagination, and
diversity of these remarkable women.
Originally devised and performed by
Lee Sunday Evans
Laura Lanfranchi
Beverly Ramstrom-Manning
Elaine Vaan Hogue
Also with
Danielle Kellermann |
Images from When Jennie Goes Marching
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