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Register to Attend Virtually

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Join the Oakwood Historical Society and Wright Memorial Public Library for entertainment and education with local history presentations on Oakwo od\, Ohio and the Dayton area. Whether you are a history buff or just inte rested in learning more about the place you live\, the Far Hills Speaker S eries has engaging stories for everyone.

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Fall 2026 Programs:

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September 20: Murder\, Madness\, &\; Mayhem: Ohio Women Committed to Insane Asylum s (1880-1940) presented by Dr. Karen Bartley

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Bas ed on the dissertation Out of Mind\, Out of Sight: Ohio Women Committe d to Insane Asylums\, 1880-1940\, Dr. Bartley examines the ways in wh ich charges against women often declared &ldquo\;insane&rdquo\; reflected what was expected of &ldquo\;normal&rdquo\; women &ndash\; the results are a bit startling! About the presenter: \;Bartley rece ived her PhD from Kent State University before teaching at various univers ities in Northeast Ohio and retiring from the University of Dayton in 2020 .  \;Her focus was on world and US history\, specializing in US women& rsquo\;s history post-Civil War\, with research focused on social expectat ions for women. \;

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October 18: The Early Years of the Dayton Literary P eace Prize presented by Sharon Rab

\n< p>Through anecdotes and stories\, Sharon Rab will recount the background o f the Dayton Literary Peace Prize from its inception through its early yea rs. About the presenter: \;Rab founded the Dayton Lit erary Peace Prize in 2006 to honor writers whose work promotes peace and g lobal understanding. She has lived in Oakwood for almost 50 years and is a n award-winning educator whose career teaching English at Kettering Fairmo nt and Miami University in Oxford spanned five decades. A writer herself\, she produced and hosted the television show Writer 2 Writer\, interviewin g hundreds of authors around the world. Sharon was the education director of the Muse Machine\, has served on numerous boards locally\, state-wide\, and nationally\, and currently serves as a member of the Wright State Uni versity Foundation Board of Trustees.

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November 15: Hidden in Plain Sight: T he WAVES who helped with the war and why Dayton mattered pres ented by Lucinda Davies

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The WAVES - Women Accepted for Volunt eer Emergency Service - emerged from military necessity in 1942 and evolve d into a transformative force within the U.S. Navy. This talk explores how women were recruited and trained for roles ranging from administrative an d technical work to the classified intelligence and cryptanalysis that sha ped Allied operations. Discover why Dayton\, Ohio became a crucial node in this larger story\, and how six hundred women performed irreplaceable wor k while operating under layers of official secrecy. You'll gain insight in to the scale and significance of women's wartime service\, the psychologic al weight of silence\, and what it means to be vital to the war effort whi le remaining officially unseen. About the presenter: Davi es is a researcher and writer based in the Dayton area\, specializing in w omen whose wartime service proved essential yet remains largely absent fro m popular history. Her research focuses on the WAVES and the broader intel ligence and manufacturing infrastructure that powered American cryptanalys is during World War II - the visible and invisible labor that made technol ogical breakthroughs possible.

URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.getlocalhop.com/far-hills-speaker-series/even t/HtvdjYr1sp/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event-instance-UIXlJ6sS8l@events.getlocalhop.com SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261015T202238Z DTSTART:20261115T190000Z DTEND:20261115T200000Z SUMMARY:Far Hills Speaker Series LOCATION:Wright Memorial Public Library\, 1776 Far Hills Avenue Oakwood\, OH 45419 DESCRIPTION:

Register to Attend Virtually

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Join the Oakwood Historical Society and Wright Memorial Public Library for entertainment and education with local history presentations on Oakwo od\, Ohio and the Dayton area. Whether you are a history buff or just inte rested in learning more about the place you live\, the Far Hills Speaker S eries has engaging stories for everyone.

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Fall 2026 Programs:

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September 20: Murder\, Madness\, &\; Mayhem: Ohio Women Committed to Insane Asylum s (1880-1940) presented by Dr. Karen Bartley

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Bas ed on the dissertation Out of Mind\, Out of Sight: Ohio Women Committe d to Insane Asylums\, 1880-1940\, Dr. Bartley examines the ways in wh ich charges against women often declared &ldquo\;insane&rdquo\; reflected what was expected of &ldquo\;normal&rdquo\; women &ndash\; the results are a bit startling! About the presenter: \;Bartley rece ived her PhD from Kent State University before teaching at various univers ities in Northeast Ohio and retiring from the University of Dayton in 2020 .  \;Her focus was on world and US history\, specializing in US women& rsquo\;s history post-Civil War\, with research focused on social expectat ions for women. \;

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October 18: The Early Years of the Dayton Literary P eace Prize presented by Sharon Rab

\n< p>Through anecdotes and stories\, Sharon Rab will recount the background o f the Dayton Literary Peace Prize from its inception through its early yea rs. About the presenter: \;Rab founded the Dayton Lit erary Peace Prize in 2006 to honor writers whose work promotes peace and g lobal understanding. She has lived in Oakwood for almost 50 years and is a n award-winning educator whose career teaching English at Kettering Fairmo nt and Miami University in Oxford spanned five decades. A writer herself\, she produced and hosted the television show Writer 2 Writer\, interviewin g hundreds of authors around the world. Sharon was the education director of the Muse Machine\, has served on numerous boards locally\, state-wide\, and nationally\, and currently serves as a member of the Wright State Uni versity Foundation Board of Trustees.

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November 15: Hidden in Plain Sight: T he WAVES who helped with the war and why Dayton mattered pres ented by Lucinda Davies

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The WAVES - Women Accepted for Volunt eer Emergency Service - emerged from military necessity in 1942 and evolve d into a transformative force within the U.S. Navy. This talk explores how women were recruited and trained for roles ranging from administrative an d technical work to the classified intelligence and cryptanalysis that sha ped Allied operations. Discover why Dayton\, Ohio became a crucial node in this larger story\, and how six hundred women performed irreplaceable wor k while operating under layers of official secrecy. You'll gain insight in to the scale and significance of women's wartime service\, the psychologic al weight of silence\, and what it means to be vital to the war effort whi le remaining officially unseen. About the presenter: Davi es is a researcher and writer based in the Dayton area\, specializing in w omen whose wartime service proved essential yet remains largely absent fro m popular history. Her research focuses on the WAVES and the broader intel ligence and manufacturing infrastructure that powered American cryptanalys is during World War II - the visible and invisible labor that made technol ogical breakthroughs possible.

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