This program has been canceled due to inclement weather.
During the nineteenth century when Yankee whale oil lit the world, New England whalemen sailed the seven seas in pursuit of their catch, leaving their wives and families behind for years at a time. That changed in the 1840s when a small group of married couples defied tradition by going to sea together. This lecture will focus on one of these remarkable couples— Captain John and Elizabeth Marble of Fall River, Massachusetts—using the letters and journals they left behind to tell a story of love, life, and loss at sea.
Presented by Dr. Amanda Goodheart Parks, historian and educator
