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| richfed |
Posted - July 20 2011 : 6:12:39 PM
I have a friend looking for a historical female character to use as her persona at reenactments ... the 1700s - early 1800s. Something akin to a trapper/trader ...
Anyone know something interesting I could recommend? |
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| Le Loup |
Posted - August 09 2011 : 04:11:56 AM
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Originally posted by Fitzhugh Williams
Just a thought. There is already a woman doing (rather prominently) Mad Ann Bailey. She shows up at events in the KY, WV, VA, OH area. Does first person portrayals for the visitors and the kiddies. If the friend of Rich's were to show up at the same event as this other "Mad Ann Bailey" it would probably not be a good thing. Sort of like "how many Robert E. Lees" do you need at one Civil War reenactment. (Have seen that)
Unless the lady is at a living history museum etc she is not likely to be emulating a specific person. My understanding of the question was that the lady is looking for a persona, a type of charracter. In which case the precident is set by Ann Bailey & Mrs Pentry (no doubt there were others) for the existance of white woods-women.
Regards, Keith. |
| richfed |
Posted - July 23 2011 : 11:31:11 AM
Thanks guys and gals --- keep 'em coming!!!  |
| Fitzhugh Williams |
Posted - July 23 2011 : 10:21:10 AM
Just a thought. There is already a woman doing (rather prominently) Mad Ann Bailey. She shows up at events in the KY, WV, VA, OH area. Does first person portrayals for the visitors and the kiddies. If the friend of Rich's were to show up at the same event as this other "Mad Ann Bailey" it would probably not be a good thing. Sort of like "how many Robert E. Lees" do you need at one Civil War reenactment. (Have seen that) |
| Le Loup |
Posted - July 22 2011 : 8:50:32 PM
There may well have been many woodswomen, but unless they did something outstanding, they will not have been recorded in history. Two women though have left their mark, Mad Ann Bailey, & Mrs Pentry. These two women are proof that there were woodswomen/woods-women. Perhaps you friend could base her persona on this charracter. Clothing can be exactly the same as woodsmen wear, or it can be a combination of men's & women's clothing. |
| Wilderness Woman |
Posted - July 21 2011 : 12:25:26 PM
If she wants to portray a woman in the fur trade, I agree that she would pretty much have to portray an Indian woman. There were very few, if any, white women who participated and traveled with their husbands. |
| Fitzhugh Williams |
Posted - July 20 2011 : 11:52:30 PM
I have always thought that Nancy Ward should get more attention than she does. |
| Monadnock Guide |
Posted - July 20 2011 : 7:47:48 PM
Quite a number of "squaws" ended up living with or marrying trappers, ... someplace to start. |
| Seamus |
Posted - July 20 2011 : 6:20:36 PM
An old Indian woman with her nose cut off would be cool! AND correct! |
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