Asirondack History Museum hosts a. talk by Dr. Maeve Kane, August 27, 2026, 7PM.~A War Against Vegatables, A War Against Women~

 

A War Against Vegetables, A War Against Women: Haudenosaunee Women's Experiences of the Revolution by Dr. Maeve Kane Thursday, August 27 at 7 PM When George Washington ordered the "total destruction and devastation" of Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) territories in 1779, the offensive was to that date the largest and most expensive campaign of the American Revolution. What became known as the Sullivan-Clinton campaign aimed squarely at the agricultural heart of Haudenosaunee women's diplomatic power, cultural status, and national identity by burning cornfields and felling orchards. Continental soldiers constructed an American identity for themselves by destroying what they called Haudenosaunee women's "homes of contentment," and despite this, Haudenosaunee women preserved their nations over the course of the war. $8 Admission/Members Free Doors open at 6:30 ­ Maeve Kane is an associate professor in the Department of of History at the University at Albany, State University of New York, where she is also the director of graduate studies. Kane received her PhD in American History from Cornell University. Her first book, Shirts Powdered Red: Haudenosaunee Gender, Trade, and Exchange Across Three Centuries argues that Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) women used the Atlantic world of goods to shape their communities’ engagement with settler colonialism and reject colonialist constructions of civility and savagery.  https://maevekane.net/ Adirondack History Museum Essex County Historical Society 7590 Court Street, Elizabethtown, 12932 www.adkhistorymuseum.org

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