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Cummings, Danica Riesberg, Waterford's War - A Narrated Living History (A 30-minute, narrated version of McMath's two-act play, Waterford's War) By Meredith Bean McMath
Commissioned by The Newseum in Arlington to be presented in conjunction with its 2001 "War Stories" exhibit, this 30-minute living history play brings to life the true story of Civil War journalists Lida and Lizzie Dutton and Sarah Steer. Under constant threat of Confederate reprisal, they wrote a pro-Union newspaper out of Confederate Virginia and sent the subscription monies north for Union Soldiers' Aid. Highly educated and well-ahead of their time, they are the only women known to have created a pro-Union newspaper during the Civil War. For more information on the true history of Lida, Lizzie and Sarah, read McMath's Bent on Having Their Own Way: Three Women Journalists of the Civil War. Thirty-minute presentation. Fee $2500.00. Contact Meredith Bean McMath.
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