SEMINOLE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL HISTORY LECTURE SERIES: “THE
ROLES OF WOMEN AND BLACKS IN SEMINOLE COUNTY AGRICULTURE” AT THE MUSEUM OF
SEMINOLE COUNTY HISTORY, SANFORD, FLORIDA.
On Thursday, April 4, at 7 p.m. former farmworkers Linda Lee
and Geraldean Matthew and some family members along with Sarah Downs and
Jeannie Economos attended the 2nd lecture in a series on Seminole County’s rich
agricultural past.
Dr. Connie Lester,
Associate Professor of History at UCF and a specialist in agrarian economies in
the United States, presented the talk at the Seminole County Historical
Society’s second quarterly meeting this year.
His presentation was funded by a grant from the Florida Humanities
Council and is part of a series of events in celebration of Seminole County’s
Centennial year at the Museum.
Professor Lester focused on the African-American and female
labor force that supported the county’s agricultural progress in the first half
of the twentieth century. The talk accompanies a major special exhibit on “One
Hundred Years of Agriculture: Our Stories” which is also funded by the Florida
Humanities Council that focuses on oral histories of workers in the citrus,
celery, cattle, commercial fishing, fernery and lumber industries.
The Museum is located at 300 Bush Blvd. in Sanford across from
Flea World. For details call 407-665-2489.
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