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- Aug 25, 2012
I attend two to three Civil War Round Tables here in Michigan. I am not sure if my area is representative of all Civil War Round Tables or not. The Ann Arbor Civil War Round Table program for May 13: Bill Grandstaff---“Women in the Civil War". The attendance of the two main Civil War Round Tables I attend are about 30 at one and 50 at the other. Attendance at both are off the highs of years ago. Both CWRTs seem to have about one third of the attendees being women, but at certain presentations the percent of women are higher. We had a presentation about animals of the Civil War and had eight visitors, all women.
This made me wonder if “Women in the Civil War" by Bill Grandstaff will have a similar increase in visitors. Last week the presentation in Grand Rapid Civil War Round Table was about the local poor farm and we had a few extra visitors interested in the subject. This all made me wonder if the subjects of CWRTs presentation impacted attendance. Both CWRTs I mostly attend would love new members. So could presentation of more general subjects increase attendance? The one third women members who normally attend both CWRTs, seem rather interested in our "battle" type presentations.
My general view is great presentations will gather larger crowds regardless of the subject. Interest in Civil War subjects should not be gender specific. Still it is hard to ignore that certain presentations almost double the number of women attending.
This made me wonder if “Women in the Civil War" by Bill Grandstaff will have a similar increase in visitors. Last week the presentation in Grand Rapid Civil War Round Table was about the local poor farm and we had a few extra visitors interested in the subject. This all made me wonder if the subjects of CWRTs presentation impacted attendance. Both CWRTs I mostly attend would love new members. So could presentation of more general subjects increase attendance? The one third women members who normally attend both CWRTs, seem rather interested in our "battle" type presentations.
My general view is great presentations will gather larger crowds regardless of the subject. Interest in Civil War subjects should not be gender specific. Still it is hard to ignore that certain presentations almost double the number of women attending.