Sunday, March 3
2:00 – 3:00 PM (doors open at 1:30 PM)
Alexandre Mouton House/Lafayette Museum

The Lafayette Public Library and the Lafayette Museum/Alexandre Mouton House will host speaker Dr. Mary Farmer-Kaiser from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette on Sunday, March 3 at the Lafayette Museum/Alexandre Mouton House, 1122 Lafayette Street. Her talk will be on the women's role in the civil role and reconstruction. Farmer-Kaiser's research and teaching focus is on U.S. constitutional and legal history, U.S. women's history, and African American history in the Age of Emancipation. In 2009, Farmer-Kaiser was honored to receive the Ray P. Authement Teaching Excellence Award, an annual university-wide prize that recognizes the achievements of outstanding educators at UL. Doors will open at 1:30 pm, with the lecture beginning at 2:00 pm. Admission is free. Refreshments will be served.