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EMOTION At LITCHFIELD FEMALE ACADEMY SUBJECT OF  LECTURE,  MARCH 9

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LITCHFIELD, CONN. — Join author Martha Tomhave Blauvelt for “Schooling the Heart: Emotion at the Litchfield Female Academy,” a lecture, based on her new book, The Work of the Heart: Young Women and Emotions, 1780–1830. The lecture will be held at the Litchfield History Museum, 7 South Street, March 9, at 5:30 pm. A book signing reception will immediately follow. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the museum shop for $39.50.

Blauvelt will present her case that, while the Litchfield Female Academy is considered notable for its contributions to women’s intellectual development, it also taught women how to feel. She claims that its lessons in emotion were at odds with its intellectual purpose. Blauvelt examined journals, diaries and museum objects created by the students of Sarah Pierce’s Litchfield Female Academy for the publication, and used a number of images from the Litchfield Historical Society’s collection as illustrations.

In addition to this book, Blauvelt has published in scholarly journals such as Journal of Women’s History, New York History and Journal of Social History, and also in books of scholarly essays such as volumes 1 and 2 of Women and Religion in America (edited by Rosemary Radford Ruether, Harper and Row), and in Anxious Powers: Reading, Writing and Ambivalence in Narrative by Women.

Blauvelt earned a PhD from Princeton University. She has been a Mellon postdoctoral fellow and a fellow for the National Historical Publication Records Commission Institute for the Editing of Historical Documents. In addition to St John’s, she has taught in the history departments of the University of California, Berkeley and Northwestern University.

For reservations or information, 860-567-4501, cbarbacci@litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org or www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org.