Working for the Revolution: Patriot Women’s Lives During the War

The Museum of Connecticut History at the Connecticut State Library invites the public to a presentation about Connecticut women’s participation in the Revolutionary War on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, at 12:00 p.m. Dr. Katherine Hermes, Publisher of Connecticut Explored, will share “Working for the Revolution: Patriot Women’s Lives During the War,” the results of her extensive research on the topic.

Connecticut women contributed to the American Revolutionary effort politically, economically, intellectually, and even militarily. Using original sources like newspapers, court records, letters, and pension records, Dr. Hermes will show how Indigenous, Anglo-European, and African-descended women all helped to further the Patriot cause. 

Katherine Hermes is the publisher and executive director of Connecticut Explored magazine, a non-profit history publication produced for readers interested in Connecticut’s past. She is professor emerita of history at Central Connecticut State University, where she taught Early American history for 25 years. She has created and been involved with a number of digital public history projects, including Forgotten Voices of the Revolutionary War: People of Color and the Redding Encampment, 1778-1779. 

“Working for the Revolution,” will take place on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, from 12-1:00 p.m. in the Museum of Connecticut History at the Connecticut State Library, 231 Capitol Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106. Admission is free and open to the public. Registration is requested:https://forms.office.com/g/E1PKxMmaZL. 

For more information, please contact the Museum of Connecticut History at [email protected] or (860) 757-6535. Directions and parking information are available at https://portal.ct.gov/csl/about/hours-and-locations.