BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2561@albertwisnerlibrary.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260308T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260308T153000 DTSTAMP:20260305T204304Z URL:https://albertwisnerlibrary.org/events/concert-performance-2-2026-03-0 1/ SUMMARY:Performance on McFarland presents "Someone Must Wash the Dishes" - The "Side-Splitting" Monologue That Helped Women Win the Ballot DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Women's History Month with us!\n\nAmerican women won the vote in 1920\, following a 72-year battle against—not only male—bu t female Anti-Suffragists. Today\, as we continue to expand the reach of t he 19th Amendment\, it’s astonishing—and hilarious—to rediscover wom en’s arguments AGAINST the vote.\n\nSomeone Must Wash the Dishes: An Ant i-Suffrage Satire crazily recaps those historic arguments. “Woman suffra ge is the reform against nature\,” declares its unlikely\, but irresisti bly likeable\, heroine. “Ladies\, get what you want. Pound pillows. Make a scene. Make home a hell on earth—but do it in a womanly way! That is so much more dignified and refined than walking up to a ballot box and dro pping in a piece of paper!”\n\nFunded by a generous gift to the AWPL Fou ndation by Glenn P. and Susan D. Dickes\n\n \;\nFollowing its “wicke d” and “side-splitting” debut\, Someone Must Wash the Dishes has del ighted nearly 300 audiences nationwide\, from Connecticut to Texas to Wash ington State.\nThe show is based on Marie Jenney Howe’s 1912 An Anti-Suf frage Monologue\, a sharp satire of early 20th-century arguments against w omen’s rights. Howe’s fictional “Anti” clings earnestly—and absu rdly—to the belief that being a “womanly woman” will preserve the Ho me and save the Nation. Professional actress Michèle LaRue portrays the c haracter as charming\, obsessed\, and hilariously muddled.  LaRue tours n ationally with her acclaimed repertoire 30 Tales Well Told\, performing st ories from America’s Gilded Age and Progressive Era. Her work has been s ponsored by over 600 organizations\, including libraries\, universities\, women’s clubs\, and historical societies. In 2021\, she premiered a reco rded Someone Must Wash the Dishes for the Women’s Rights National Histor ical Park in Seneca Falls\, NY.\nMarie Jenney Howe (1870–1934)\, a Unita rian minister and leading suffragist\, was a founder of the influential He terodoxy club and a central figure in Progressive Era reform. Her Anti-Suf frage Monologue was widely performed at suffrage meetings across the count ry.\nThe production was directed by Warren Kliewer\, founder of The East L ynne Company\, dedicated to reviving forgotten American plays and literatu re. Kliewer’s legacy as a writer\, director\, and scholar continues thro ugh his published works and ongoing performances of his poetry.\n \;\n \n \;\n\n \; CATEGORIES:Adult END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR