Welcome To The 19th Century
April 27, 2010 by babennet · Leave a Comment
Welcome to the 19th Century:
Gateway to a Future of Peace and Social Justice
Enter into an Eerily Familiar History …
- A woman exposes the sexual abuse of children and women by priests
- Religious fundamentalists try to gain control of the government—and are stopped
- Civil disobedience topples an unjust system—twice
- Women demand an end to trafficking, violence against women, child sexual abuse, and demand reproductive rights
… A History Never Told in Textbooks
- A woman runs for President—on a platform of absolute equality for all, an end to monopoly and world peace
- A coalition of poor and rich, women and men, young and old, African-American and white, join to bring the government to its knees—and win
- Economic justice is claimed as a human right
- A state repeals medical licensing laws—forcing the AMA to change its medical practice
- A woman proposes to rewrite the Bible—removing all the parts that justify oppression
- Workers in the United States stage a 24 hour revolution that changes the nature of work
The riveting story told today in lecture or performance by nationally acclaimed performer, lecturer, historian and writer, Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner.
A month ago we had a flat expanse of grass where today the Ruth Putter Welcome Center now stands, its cedar shake roof complete. By the time you read this, its siding may be on as well. To date all the interior demo work inside the Gage Home has been completed, and the foundation walls have been installed. Hickory flooring has been approved for the oldest part of the house, where the existing gables were removed and a new roof sheathed. The east bay window has been rebuilt in the exact spot that it appears in the 1887 photo taken by L. Frank Baum. New sidewalks have been poured, and the mechanical trades (electrical, plumbing and heating) are hard at work installing systems that will bring the building up to the new building code regulations. We’ve uncovered more historic wallpaper from the Gage era and even pre-Gage occupation of the house. Marc Leonardis of Leo Construction in Skaneateles, our contractor, is on schedule, and if the weather holds up, we will meet our deadline of completing the rehabilitation by the end of the year.
