Society for Women and the Civil War
Board of Regents
The purpose of being an SWCW Regent is simple…to help promote the Society, increase
Society membership and support our annual Conference on Women and the Civil War.
The purpose of being an SWCW Regent is simple…to help promote the Society, increase
Society membership and support our annual Conference on Women and the Civil War.
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The SWCW Regents Program is loosely based on the Confederate Memorial Literary Society’s (CMLS) organizational structure to run the
Confederate Museum, now Museum of the Confederacy, in the White House of the Confederacy in 1896. Each room of the White House
was assigned a former Confederate State and a Regent was elected that lived in the home state. She would contact veterans and
families in that state to secure artifact donations for the Confederate Museum and send these donations to “her” State Room in the
White House.
The SWCW Regents Program seeks to utilize selected members to help us get information about the organization and its annual
conference out to more people. One way to achieve this goal is to contact Civil War-related sites, historical societies and educational
institutions willing to carry SWCW materials or who may be able to support our mission.
The mission of The Society for Women and the Civil War (SWCW) is to increase an awareness and understanding of women’s roles
related to the Civil War through education and scholarship. Our vision is that the SWCW will serve its members by helping them get in
touch with others pursuing similar research, reenactment, memorial, preservation, or publishing goals.
There are some responsibilities to being a Regent and we ask each person to carefully consider how they can help the SWCW efforts by
becoming a Regent. We ask the Regents to submit periodic reports listing the places they distribute SWCW materials and to help us by
sending addresses to sites, schools, museum and local conferences that may be interested in our organization. They are also asked to
send out mailings on our behalf.
We rely on the membership and especially our Regents when we start recruiting for conference volunteers. For instance, Regents have
agreed to put together the conference welcome packet, which will be distributed to all of the conference attendees. Some have helped
lead conference workshops or compiled a mailing list of Women’s Studies programs, for a target mailing about SWCW membership and
the annual conference.
The long-term success of the Society and continuation of the annual conference depends on our membership growing and a steady
increase in conference attendance. The Society’s Board hopes the implementation of the SWCW Regent Program is our best step to
achieve these objectives.
We thank and celebrate our wonderful regents:
If your state is not represented and you are willing to help the Society, please contact SWCW Membership Director and Regent Advisor,
Pat Richard at athomeandinthefield@yahoo.com
Confederate Museum, now Museum of the Confederacy, in the White House of the Confederacy in 1896. Each room of the White House
was assigned a former Confederate State and a Regent was elected that lived in the home state. She would contact veterans and
families in that state to secure artifact donations for the Confederate Museum and send these donations to “her” State Room in the
White House.
The SWCW Regents Program seeks to utilize selected members to help us get information about the organization and its annual
conference out to more people. One way to achieve this goal is to contact Civil War-related sites, historical societies and educational
institutions willing to carry SWCW materials or who may be able to support our mission.
The mission of The Society for Women and the Civil War (SWCW) is to increase an awareness and understanding of women’s roles
related to the Civil War through education and scholarship. Our vision is that the SWCW will serve its members by helping them get in
touch with others pursuing similar research, reenactment, memorial, preservation, or publishing goals.
There are some responsibilities to being a Regent and we ask each person to carefully consider how they can help the SWCW efforts by
becoming a Regent. We ask the Regents to submit periodic reports listing the places they distribute SWCW materials and to help us by
sending addresses to sites, schools, museum and local conferences that may be interested in our organization. They are also asked to
send out mailings on our behalf.
We rely on the membership and especially our Regents when we start recruiting for conference volunteers. For instance, Regents have
agreed to put together the conference welcome packet, which will be distributed to all of the conference attendees. Some have helped
lead conference workshops or compiled a mailing list of Women’s Studies programs, for a target mailing about SWCW membership and
the annual conference.
The long-term success of the Society and continuation of the annual conference depends on our membership growing and a steady
increase in conference attendance. The Society’s Board hopes the implementation of the SWCW Regent Program is our best step to
achieve these objectives.
We thank and celebrate our wonderful regents:
If your state is not represented and you are willing to help the Society, please contact SWCW Membership Director and Regent Advisor,
Pat Richard at athomeandinthefield@yahoo.com
| Society for Women and the Civil War, Inc. Box #9066 8345 NW 66th St. Miami, FL 33166 (804) 244-1864 www.swcw.org |
Marjorie Reeves
Seattle, WA
mchs67@yahoo.com
Seattle, WA
mchs67@yahoo.com
Ann Kalata
Duncannon, PA
pa1863@embarqmail.com
Duncannon, PA
pa1863@embarqmail.com
Barbara Kay
Glen Carbon, IL
wpaulic@charter.net
Glen Carbon, IL
wpaulic@charter.net
Brenda McKean
Timberlake, NC
b4thecsa@embarqmail.com
Timberlake, NC
b4thecsa@embarqmail.com
Connie Slewitzke
Annandale, VA
bgs83@earthlink.net
Annandale, VA
bgs83@earthlink.net
Janet Whaley
Pasedena, CA
janet1860@charter.net
Pasedena, CA
janet1860@charter.net
Kim Howe
Richmondville, NY
howekm@cobleskill.edu
Richmondville, NY
howekm@cobleskill.edu
Lin Russell
Edmonds, WA
civilin@aol.com
Edmonds, WA
civilin@aol.com
Polly Steenhagen
Dover, DE
pollypilot@juno.com
Dover, DE
pollypilot@juno.com
Augusta Carr
Scarbrough
Ashland, TN
augustacarr@aol.com
Scarbrough
Ashland, TN
augustacarr@aol.com
Tim & Louise Daley
Cleveland, OH
tdaley@aol.com
mlajesek@aol.com
Cleveland, OH
tdaley@aol.com
mlajesek@aol.com
Betty Mastin
Cherry Hill, NJ
stockgirl175@hotmail.com
Cherry Hill, NJ
stockgirl175@hotmail.com
Patricia Lynch
Hales Corners, WI
pplynch@starmax.com
Hales Corners, WI
pplynch@starmax.com