A book signing will follow the performance. In character and in costume, Wagner will present her stunning portrayal of a woman who stood apart from and dared to confront convention. The performance is sponsored by the Washburn Lecture Series, underwritten through a donation from Margery A. Pinet, executive vice president of the College, in memory of her parents, the Reverend Gordon H. and Mrs. Dorothy M. Washburn.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Most Americans who are familiar with the early struggles for women's rights have at least a passing acquaintance with the names of Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Fewer know of their far more radical colleague, Matilda Joslyn Gage, who together with Anthony and Stanton, formed the triumvirate that was the driving force behind the National Woman Suffrage Association a century ago. But Gage's name has been all but lost. Her vision of a world based on true liberty for all people speaks to us with surprising relevance today. Wagner's unique unscripted performance will be especially adapted for the Cazenovia College Theatre.