Jennie Powers: The Woman Who Dares

Saturday, May 17th at 12:00 pm

New Hampshire Humanities:

Jennie Powers 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. As a photographic activist, she used her camera to document animal cruelty, family violence, and widespread poverty in the Monadnock region. This one-hour illustrated presentation from Jenna Carroll introduces us to Jennie's life story, the work of humane societies at the turn of the twentieth century, and the politics of the Progressive Era (1890s-1920s) from a local perspective.