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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
Local DAR Chapter Donates Reference Work on American
Women in the Revolutionary Era to the Thomas Balch Library
Leesburg, VA (September 28, 2012) – The
Ketoctin Chapter of the National Society of
the Daughters of the American Revolution
(NSDAR) recently presented Thomas Balch
Library with a new reference work,
America’s Women in the Revolutionary Era,
1760-1790: A History Through Bibliography,
by Eric Grundset with Briana L. Diaz and
Hollis L. Gentry.
Published in 2011 by the NSDAR, the three
volume set highlights resources and
scholarship from the 18th century to the
most recent publications that document and
analyze the lives of women and girls during
the American Revolution. The massive work
is divided into two parts. The first two
volumes are a subject bibliography. The
third volume lists work by author and
contains a chronology.
Presenting America’s Women in the Revolutionary Era to the Thomas Balch Library were Terri
A. Coleman, Regent of the Ketoctin Chapter, and Carri Casserino, 1st Vice Regent. Alexandra
Gressitt, Library Director, accepted the donation on behalf of the Town of Leesburg and Thomas
Balch Library (pictured above). The Ketoctin Chapter of the NSDAR is headquartered in
Bluemont, Virginia. It was organized in 1950 and has remained an active heritage organization
since that time. America’s Women in the Revolutionary Era, 1760-1790: A History Through
Bibliography is now available at the Thomas Balch Library to researchers.
About the Thomas Balch Library: Thomas Balch Library is a history and genealogy library owned
and operated by the Town of Leesburg. A designate Underground Railroad research site, the
Library’s collections focus on Loudoun County, regional and Virginia history, genealogy, military
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Left to right: Terri A. Coleman, Alexandra S.
Gressitt and Carri Casserino
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history with special emphasis on the American Civil War, and ethnic history. For more
information, please visit www.leesburgva.gov/ThomasBalchLibrary.
Contact:
Alexandra S. Gressitt
Library Director
agressitt@leesburgva.gov
703-737-7196
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