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The WWI Diaries of
Dr. Jessie Weston Fisher |
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A performance presentation by featuring entries
from Dr. Jessie Weston Fisher's diaries,
her personal story and historic images from World War I.
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Catfeather Productions has created this presentation
for the anniversary of the War to End All Wars
and it will feature Rick Spencer's music and lyrics with
Bev York and/or Sarah Fisher Spencer reading from
Dr. Fisher's diaries.
Rick Spencer is recognized internationally for his work as a developer and presenter of theme-based historic music programs in the American Folk tradition. Sarah discovered and transcribed her great-grandmother's diaries in 1996. Bev York is well known for her interpretations of historic female icons of American History. |
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Rick's presentations are well-researched, informative and
highly entertaining. He is often accompanied in his programs
by noteworthy instrumentalists and singers, including
Dawn Indermuehle, Tim Marth, Joseph Morneault, Duke York
and others.
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| Middletown, CT Doctor, Wife and Mother Makes a Radical Decision |
(text and photos taken from catfeather.com) |
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Jessie Myers Weston was born in Cherry Hill, Maryland in 1872.
Most of her youth was spent in and around Dover, Delaware.
In 1893, she graduated from Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.
Jessie's path brought her to Middletown, CT where she worked
at the CT Hospital for the Insane. In 1897 she married Dr. William
Edwin Fisher. In 1904 their son, William was born.
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| Although she was a doting and dedicated mother, Jessie declared "housework not her forte" and she maintained a focus on her medical career. In 1918 (at the age of 45) she requested a leave of absence to do her part, with the American Red Cross, for the war effort. |
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Off to War with
The Red Cross |
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In April 1918, without her family's approval,
Dr. Jessie Fisher left her home, her husband and her son
in Middletown,Connecticut, to do her part for
our nation's effort in the First World War.
She traveled to France, where she worked for the
American Red Cross in a hospital at Beauvais, in Picardy.
During her time abroad Jessie kept two diaries, documenting her part in one of the most historically significant events of the 20th century. This presentation is taken from those writings. |
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For more information or to book this program,
please e-mail Rick Spencer at
rick@catfeather.com or click on Rick 
To visit the Facebook page for The WWI Diaries of Jessie Fisher, just click here ~ 
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