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Woman's Work Is Never Done: The Daily Lives of Exeter Women
Updated 7 days ago

From our earliest days, women have contributed to the social, economic, and political life of the town in ways both large and small. In this presentation, trustee Caroline Siecke will take a look at the lives, achievements, and enduring legacy of several

From our earliest days, women have contributed to the social, economic, and political life of the town in ways both large and small. In this presentation, trustee Caroline Siecke will take a look at the lives, achievements, and enduring legacy of several of Exeter's female residents as they navigated a world that didn't always acknowledge their contributions. Step into the shoes of the women of Exeter as we explore their diverse experiences.

Exeter Historical Society Lecture Series (46 Episodes)
Updated 7 days ago

Events filmed with the Exeter Historical Society; including lectures, concerts, and more. For further information check out www.exeterhistory.org/calendar-of-events

  1. 01:16:00
    Samuel Sewall: from Salem Witch Trial Judge to Anti-slavery Advocate
    Added 9 days ago
  2. 01:29:55
    The Boston and Maine Railroad Through Exeter: Mainline Transportation
    Added 9 days ago
  3. 01:00:27
    Woman's Work Is Never Done: The Daily Lives of Exeter Women
    Added 9 days ago
  4. 01:07:37
    Exeter's Black Heritage
    Added 4 months ago
  5. 01:09:12
    Jennie Powers: "The Woman who Dares"
    Added 4 months ago
  6. 00:57:11
    Past and Present: Exeter
    Added 4 months ago
  7. 01:07:23
    Lucy Terry Prince: Witness, Voice, and Poetics within the American Tradition
    Added 4 months ago
  8. 01:25:56
    Uncovering our LGBTQ+ Past
    Added 4 months ago
  9. 00:56:49
    From the Front Lines to the Headlines: How Exeter Residents Learned about the Civil War
    Added 4 months ago
  10. 01:12:30
    Heroes and Homecomings: Norman Rockwell and World War II*
    Added 4 months ago
  11. 01:04:11
    Winter in New England and the Snow Train
    Added 4 months ago
  12. 01:20:48
    Range the Wild Woods Over: Loggers’ Songs and Stories
    Added 4 months ago
  13. 01:43:04
    Eyes on Exeter: the Photography of Ben Swiezynski
    Added 4 months ago
  14. 01:04:01
    Cemetery Headstones in Exeter
    Added 4 months ago
  15. 01:05:11
    Prof. James A. Tufts
    Added 4 months ago
  16. 01:00:00
    Fierce Females
    Added 4 months ago
  17. 00:59:41
    Reviving Exeter’s Black Revolutionary War Veterans and their Families
    Added 4 months ago
  18. 01:08:19
    Oliver Moulton Chadwick and the Exeter Chadwicks
    Added 4 months ago
  19. 01:10:19
    Forty Years of Collecting
    Added 4 months ago
  20. 01:10:16
    The Loyalists: the Other Side of the American Revolution
    Added 4 months ago
  21. 01:05:07
    The Art of the Scandal: Thefts, Vandals and Forgeries
    Added 9 months ago
  22. 01:05:07
    The Art of the Scandal: Thefts, Vandals and Forgeries
    Added 9 months ago
  23. 01:17:07
    Milk Flowing to Everyone: How Railroads Brought Fresh Milk and Cheese to Cities
    Added over 1 year ago
  24. 01:04:27
    Exeter Legends and Lore
    Added over 1 year ago
  25. 00:57:53
    The Exeter Nurses' Training School
    Added over 2 years ago
  26. 00:57:53
    The Exeter Nurses' Training School
    Added over 2 years ago
  27. 01:22:04
    History and Film
    Added over 2 years ago
  28. 01:08:37
    The Downeaster: 20 Years of Operation – Exeter Historical Society Lecture
    Added over 3 years ago
  29. 01:12:22
    New Hampshire on High: Historic and Unusual Weathervanes of the Granite State
    Added over 3 years ago
  30. 01:14:42
    The Story of the Robinson Female Seminary
    Added over 3 years ago
  31. 00:59:06
    Granite State Gallery: New Hampshire Art and Artists through the Years
    Added over 3 years ago
  32. 01:19:36
    In Pursuit of Knowledge: Black Women and Educational Activism in Antebellum America
    Added about 4 years ago
  33. 01:05:20
    Exeter Historical Society Lecture Series
    Added over 4 years ago
  34. 01:05:20
    Exeter Historical Society Lecture Series
    Added over 4 years ago
  35. 00:59:03
    Portsmouth Stockings, Power Mills, and the New Hampshire Knitting Industry
    Added over 4 years ago
  36. 01:11:29
    Comics in World History and Cultures
    Added over 4 years ago
  37. 01:18:04
    Poor Houses and Town Farms: The Hard Row for Paupers
    Added over 4 years ago
  38. 00:49:57
    The Muscarello Miles
    Added over 4 years ago
  39. 01:07:23
    The Politics of Dissent: John Wheelwright and the Founding of Exeter
    Added about 5 years ago
  40. 00:59:16
    WWII: On the Homefront
    Added about 5 years ago
  41. 00:49:57
    Exeter Historical Society Lecture
    Added over 5 years ago
  42. 00:44:00
    The Civil War Letters of John Rowell
    Added over 5 years ago
  43. 01:09:58
    Evolution of Exeter Hospital
    Added over 5 years ago
  44. 00:45:06
    The Quotable Amelia Earhart
    Added over 5 years ago
  45. 01:02:29
    African-American Soldiers and Sailors of New Hampshire During the American Revolution
    Added over 5 years ago
  46. 01:13:52
    The Crusade for Women's Suffrage
    Added almost 6 years ago