A Portrayal of Victoria Woodhull

October 31st, 6:30pm
Dover Public Library
525 N. Walnut Street, Dover, OH 44622

College Club of Tuscarawas County and Dover Public Library are pleased to present  actress Anne McEvoy who will portray Victoria Woodhull on Thursday, October 31 at 6:30 PM in the community room at the library.

Victoria Woodhull was the first woman to run for president and the first female stock broker on Wall Street. According to the National Women’s History Museum, Woodhull achieved remarkable success in finance, journalism, and politics. A spiritualist, suffragist, and free love advocate, Woodhull was an iconoclast who fought for her beliefs no matter how controversial they were at the time.

Anne McEvoy has been a member of Women In History since 1998. Ms. McEvoy has found that this non-profit corporation has provided her with the opportunity to combine her lifelong love of performing with her newfound love of history. The organization is dedicated to the education of all people through the dramatic re-creation of lives of notable women in history whose voices tell some of the most stirring and inspiring stories in the history of our country.

Ms. McEvoy is a full-time writer/editor for the Creative Division of American Greetings, Inc. Her background is in theater and she has been active in professional and community theater in the Cleveland area.

This program will be held on Thursday, October 31 at 6:30 PM in the Community Room at the library, located at 525 N. Walnut Street, Dover.  Register online at www.doverlibrary.org/events or call the library at 330-343-6123.