Women In History - Programs
Women in History will customize to the specific needs of your group. And, yes! We will travel!

Standard Performance

  • Two characters, each presenting a 25-minute monologue in period costume
  • A narrator to open and close the program
  • A question and answer session with the audience

Custom Performance

  • One character presenting a 35-minute monologue in period costume
  • A question and answer session with the audience
  • Any characters or programs tailored to the needs of your organization. 

Special Programming

In addition to regular programming, we also offer the following:

​Suffragist Programming
  • Multiple programs that will bring to life the struggle that led to the passage and ratification of the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution granting women the right to vote.
Ohio Figures
  • Women in History offers many stories from Ohio Women.  Developed for the Ohio Bicentennial in 2003, these women bring Ohio History to life.   Ohio Figures are listed on the “Figures” page denoted with a State of Ohio symbol.
First Lady's Tea
  • Learn what happens when a couple of First Ladies of United States gather for tea and tell their stories. 
Hollywood’s Golden Age
  • So much gossip!  So little time!  Women in History brings you the renown Gossip Mavens, Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons, as they take you on a journey through the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Legendary Ladies
  • Legendary Ladies brings together the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, Jazz Singer Billie Holiday, and the inimitable Ella Fitzgerald in a whirlwind one-woman show by Debra Rose. Be inspired by women who overcame obstacles and influenced so many singers of today.
Pirate Queens
  • While they were not the only female pirates in the 18th Century, Anne Bonny and Mary Read were quite the dynamic duo.  Known as the most notorious, formidable, and fearsome pirates of the Caribbean, Bonny and Read swore, fought and often dressed like men, brandishing pistols and cutlasses.
Eleanor Roosevelt and Mary McLeod Bethune - An Unlikely Friendship
  • First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and the First Lady of the Struggle, Mary McLeod Bethune reminisce about their 40 year bond as close friends working for Civil Rights.

Renaissance Queens
  • Who was the greatest female monarch? Queen Isabel of Castille and Queen Elizabeth I come together and share their trials and their triumphs.

Underground Railroad Simulation
  • Meet four women as you make your way North to freedom: Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Sara Lucy Bagby, and Elizabeth van Lew share their stories at your "stops" on the Underground Railroad. Perfect for school-age children.