Louise Bernikow

May workshop info (430.2KB)

WORKSHOP: WRITING A BOOK PROPOSAL THAT SELLS

"On Demand" workshops: Wildly succesful small group sessions for people with lots of ideas, fits and starts on the page, visions and revisions, who need help SEEING the book they want to write and learning how to interest a publisher or agent. Scholars with academic work needing translation for a wider audience especially encouraged, along with memoir writers.

NEXT WORKSHOP MAY 22, 2010 in Port Jervis, NY. See link above for details.

TALKS, LECTURES, PANELS, READINGS
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 @​ 6pm. SUFFRAGE AND THE CITY:The extraordinary campaign for women's right to vote, using the city's landmarks as political props, eventually bringing together millionaires, seamstresses, Socialists and immigrant to win in 1917. An illustrated talk about a still-unknown drama. The Gotham Center for New York History. CUNY Grad Center, Fifth Ave & 34th Street, Manhattan.

Thursday, June 3. 3:35 pm. WOMEN TAKE THE TOWN. Winning the vote for women- the New York City story. Conference on New York State History. Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY.


Previous:
"The Shoulders We Stand On: Women as Agents of Change"
Keynote, Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault Annual Conference. May 28, 2009. Springfield, Ill.("Louise is a dynamic, brilliant and entertaining historian who dazzled us with her information, inspiration, wit and charm." Susan Faupel, Training Director, ICASA)

Women's History Museum, San Diego, CA and San Diego Rep, Salon Talk: "Women's Bodies in History" (2008) ("We were honored and thrilled to have you offer your insightful presentations on behalf of our little (but mighty) museum. Audiences raved about your work and the opportunity to meet you in person.") Ashley Gardner, Executive Director


DREAMING IN LIBRO:How A Good Dog Tamed A Bad Woman:
My Dog Loves Central Park Fair; Amelia Island Book Festival; Borders bookstores; "Toto & His Friends,"@​ the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation, Fayetteville, New York; The Springs General Store, Easthampton, NY; Canios,Sag Harbor,NY; Labyrinth Books,NYC; Browse About Books, Reheboth Beach,MD; Bluestockings,NYC