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WHEELING - The Ohio County Public Library’s next Lunch With Books program will explore some of the founding women of the American Revolution.
The program will take place at noon on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at the library in downtown Wheeling.
For America 250, Dr. Anne Marie Lofaso, Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where she teaches labor law and constitutional law, will introduce some of the many women whose work and courage helped shape the American Revolution but rarely appear in our textbooks. From printers and spies to business owners, soldiers and political thinkers, these "Founding Mothers" kept households and communities running, carried ideas across networks and pushed against the limits placed on them.
The lecture will discuss how women such as Abigail Adams, Mary Katherine Goddard and Deborah Sampson influenced our nation's beginnings, and why their stories matter for a fuller understanding of our founding today.
Lofaso also taught for 18 years at the Arthur B. Hodges Professor Emerita at West Virginia University College of Law. Before becoming a professor, she worked as a senior attorney at the National Labor Relations Board in Washington, D.C., where she argued cases in federal court.
A widely published scholar with more than 70 articles and several books, she brings a deep interest in how law affects real people and how overlooked voices -- especially women and workers -- shape a shared history. She holds degrees from Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania Carey School of Law and Oxford University.