Fridays On the Ridge – Remember the Ladies: A Closer Look at the Role of Women in America’s Most Crucial Moments

Friday, July 17, Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center presents Remember the Ladies: A Closer Look at the Role of Women in America’s Most Crucial Moments.

Women’s rights in America usually bring to mind figures like Susan B. Anthony, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the fight for women’s suffrage in the late 1800s/early 1900s. In reality, American women have been fighting for and discussing women’s liberation since before the Declaration of Independence was penned.

Join Megan Kromer, SRMEC summer intern (Allegheny College), as she discusses integral figures and moments during the American Revolution and the Civil War that shaped the place of women in American society.

This event is free and open to the public; outdoors & weather permitting. Guests are asked to meet at Luther Statue.

Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center integrates education, preservation, innovation, and celebration into every visitor experience and connects audiences to the human stories, moral complexities, and enduring legacies of Seminary Ridge, the Battle of Gettysburg, and, by extension, the United States. In 2026, as the United States continues to celebrate its 250th anniversary, Seminary Ridge historians and educators present the people, places, and principles that shaped the shared American story.