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Annis Boudinot Stockton was an American poet, one of the first women to be published in the Thirteen Colonies. She lived in Morven in Princeton. Performed by The American Historical Theater.
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Annis Boudinot Stockton was the subject of our program, "The Story of Morven - Part 1" on July 1st. Annis married Richard Stockton, and in the 1750s, he built the house that his wife Annis named "Morven." The house was named after a mythical Gaelic kingdom in Ireland.
Learn more about the life of Annis Boudinot Stockton in this program.
Much is known and written of General Washington’s great deeds as Patriot, General, and President. The leader who guided a tenuous Confederacy of former Colonies to become a Nation of States, under one Constitution. Washington’s dealings among the halls of Men are well documented, but what of his respect from the distaff side of the population? Patriotism in the female sex was a much needed quantity if Independence was to succeed and General Washington counted several women as Great Patriots and Good Friends, among them was Mrs. Richard Stockton
Annis Boudinot Stockton was a rare figure for her time, a poet. Like Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson, some of her works were published, and her peers could read for themselves that women indeed possessed keen and educated views, both social and political, of the world in which they lived.
As the wife of Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Mrs. Stockton in all likelihood first met George Washington in September of 1781. Her husband had passed away a few months earlier, but because of her social position and her personal sense of patriotism, she would not wither under the mantle of mourning. Her Home in Princeton, Morven, would continue to be a place of political and social importance.
General Washington and Mrs. Stockton exchanged charming and witty correspondence. They shared their thoughts on Patriotism, Union, the keeping of a home and garden, and the mutual understanding that women had a crucial role to play in the success of the Nation. In his honor she wrote several fine poems.
Mrs. Stockton’s letters and poetry remind the 21st century audience that women of her age were much more than meek servants to their husbands and family. They too were members of a greater community and they had opinions about which they were passionate and even poetic.
Performed by: Kim Hanley.
Kim’s academic training includes a BFA in Restoration and History of Applied Arts from the Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York. She is an actor, singer, costumer and dancer who trained and performed from an early age with the School of American Ballet and the Eglevsky Ballet in New York, as well as with the visiting Bolshoi Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet. Ms. Hanley is also an accomplished costumer whose specialty is historical fashion. She has costumed for Many of the Nation’s top historical Interpreters and historical sites such as George Washington’s Mount Vernon. On a lighter note, she includes among her “bigger” clients The Philly Phanatic.
Kim began interpreting Abigail with AHT in 1997. Ms. Hanley has appeared in venues that include the White House Visitors Center, National Archives in Washington DC and NYC, National Portrait Gallery, Fraunces Tavern Museum at Trinity Church in NYC, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Franklin Institute, National Constitution Center, Independence Visitors Center, Museum of the American Revolution, Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Historical Society, Durham Museum, Mount Rushmore, Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace, Delaware Humanities Forum Chautauqua, and many other historical and educational institutions throughout New Jersey and the Greater Philadelphia area.
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