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The bank of the Wangky river
Public Lecture

A Dialogue on Miskitu People’s Cosmovision and its Social and Environmental Implications – A Virtual Discussion with Ruth Matamoros Mercado

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET
Rebecca Cypess portrait
Public Lecture

Lunch at the Library: "Music and Friendship in Benjamin Franklin's Paris: The Brillon Manuscripts at the American Philosophical Society" with Rebecca Cypess

12:00 p.m. ET
An image of a physician in a lab

Science on Tap: The Laboring Physician: How Brown-Séquard’s Method Emerged in the American Clinic, 1889-1900

6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. ET
Women in Science Visualization

Launch Event: Women in Science

1:00 p.m. ET
betsey stockton cover
Public Lecture

Lunch at the Library: “The Education of Betsey Stockton: An Odyssey of Slavery and Freedom” with Gregory Nobles

12:00 p.m. ET
Portrait of Deborah Read Franklin
Museum Program

Educator Workshop: APS Resources for Women’s History Month

4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. ET
cover of vigilance and photo of Andrew Diemer
Public Lecture

Vigilance: The Life of William Still

6:00 p.m. ET
gellman headshot

Indigenous Studies Seminar: "Learning to Survive: Native American and Immigrant-Origin Youth Wellness in Schools" with Mneesha Gellman

4:00 - 5:00 p.m. ET
ed gray headshot
Public Lecture

Lunch at the Library: “Benjamin Franklin’s Money: A Financial Life of the First American” with Ed Gray

12:00 p.m. ET
bartram house

David Center for the American Revolution Seminar: “To Husband a Better Liberty: The Constructive Widowhood of Jane Martin Bartram, c. 1790-1815,” with Wayne Bodle

3:00 - 4:30 p.m. ET
A page of cursive handwriting
Museum Program

Educator Workshop: Reading & Writing in Cursive

4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. ET
Charles Willson Peale's portrait of Benjamin Franklin

Dr. Franklin’s Virtual Birthday Tour

1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. ET