…on a recent morning in Winnetka, Mother Jones came alive at the Women’s Exchange. Actress Betsey Means delivered a rousing speech based on Mother Jones’ own writings during the nascent labor movement at the turn of the 20th century…
from Mother Jones Lectures at Women’s Exchange in Winnetka
New Trier Times, Elaine Fandell
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When local actress Betsey Means was invited to talk about visual art to her daughter’s kindergarten class, she had no intention of going the well-worn podium-and-slide-projector route. Instead Means, who has performed with Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Shakespeare on the Green in Lake Forest decided to “become” 19th century Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt…
from Troupe Focuses on the Forgotten
Chicago Tribune, Lucia Mauro
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For every story of a man’s invention or achievement, there is a lesser known story of what a woman has done…
from Women’s History Celebrated at Library
Suburban Life, Sara Luneburg
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Means is “dynamic. She plays the part so well it is as if Mary Kingsley is actually in the room.”
from Home Theater (57-Inch TV Screen Not Included)
North Shore Magazine
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…learning about women like these can give balance to people’s experience of human history. “Jung said that in order to be well fathered, you have to read the great literature of history. I say that in order to be well mothered, we have to go back and read women’s histories. We’ve been deeply fathered—let’s get deeply mothered.”
from In Performance: WomanLore Saves Lost Lives
Chicago Reader, Mary Wisniewski
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