May 19, 2022 - 6:30 pm -7:30 pm

Join Beaches Museum for a Boardwalk Talk with Tim Gilmore author of “Channeling Anna Fletcher” on May 19 at 6:30 p.m. at the Beaches Museum.

Gilmore will present on the fascinating life of Anna Fletcher, wife of Duncan U. Fletcher. Anna spent her life navigating the complicated channels of women’s rights, when they were few, and women’s roles and responsibilities. Her husband, Duncan Fletcher, was twice mayor of Jacksonville and a Florida senator for 27 years. While her husband devoted his life to the body politic, Anna dedicated hers to the spirit politic. She hosted séances, opened the Fletcher home to spirit mediums, wrote books about spirit trumpets and ectoplasm, and argued the cause of Spiritualism against Harry Houdini before Congress. “Channeling Anna Fletcher” tells a story of one woman who struggled to find a voice, wield strength, and exercise purpose through the strictures and proprieties of her time.

Tim Gilmore is the author of 22 books, several works for the stage in collaboration with FSCJ DramaWorks and is the founder of JaxbyJax, a literary arts festival built on the theme of “Jacksonville Writers Writing Jacksonville.” He’s the writer and creator of www.jaxpsychogeo.com, a project that explores place and catalogues the Southern Gothic, telling nearly 650 stories of strange and historic locations in and around Jacksonville, Florida.

This event is free to Museum members with a $5 suggested donation for non-members. Pre-registration for this event is required. Please pre-register HERE. For more information on this event please call 904-241-5657 or visit www.beachesmuseum.com. 

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