Public Program, Author Talk
Mother is a Verb: An Unconventional History
Sarah Knott, Indiana University
There is a $10 per person fee (no charge for MHS Fellows and Members, EBT or ConnectorCare cardholders).
There is a $10 per person fee (no charge for MHS Fellows and Members, EBT or ConnectorCare cardholders).
Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 6:00PM - 7:00PM
Registration required at a cost
Pregnancy, birth and the encounter with an infant: how have these experiences changed over time and cultures? Blending memoir and history, feminist Sarah 
Knott draws on the terrain of Britain and North America from the seventeenth century to the close of the twentieth. Knott searches among a range of past societies, pores over archives, and documents her own experiences to craft a new historical interpretation of maternity for our changing times.
There is a pre-talk reception at 5:30.There is a pre-talk reception at 5:30.