Wednesday, March 15
“A Woman’s Role in the American West” with Sarah Sherman, Project Manager for the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.
A virtual presentation at fishtrap.org
12:00pm Watch Party and Conversation at Fishtrap
or join us online anytime on Fishtrap’s YouTube Channel.
Learn about the role women played upon settling the Oregon Territory including 19th century gender norms and stereotypes, women as moral guardians and purveyors of culture, and a look at clothing and fashion on the Oregon Trail.
Sarah Sherman: Sarah Sherman is the project manager for the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center. Sarah hails from the commonwealth of Virginia, and after spending some time in Arizona, recently moved her small family to Oregon in May of 2022.
Are you in Wallowa County? Join us at Fishtrap during Fishtrap Reads as we watch the presentations from the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center together. Following each 30 minute screening, we’ll share our thoughts and and reflections on what we’ve just seen, and how they relate to The Jump-Off Creek. Light refreshments will be provided. Feel free to bring your lunch!
Image courtesy of National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.