NEW HAMPTON — The New Hampton Historical Society presents "Jennie Powers: The Woman Who Dares" on Tuesday, March 8 at 7 p.m. at Gordon-Nash Library, 69 Main Street.
Jennie Powers took a stand against social vices in New Hampshire and Vermont in the early 20th century. She was a humane society agent in Keene from 1903-1936 and one of the first humane society agents to become a deputy sheriff in New Hampshire. Jennie was known across the country as "The Woman Who Dares" cited by the Boston Post newspaper in 1906 as having arrested more men than any other woman in America. As a photographic activist, she used her camera to document animal cruelty, family violence, and wide-spread poverty in New Hampshire's Monadnock region and beyond. Presenter Jennifer Carroll has worked as both a curator and executive director of museums and serves as director of education at the Cheshire County Historical Society in Keene and adjunct professor at Antioch University New England.
Programs are free and open to the public. Masks will be required at this indoor presentation.
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