Dawn Duncan performs Clara Dillon Darrow

Dr. Dawn Duncan performs her one-woman show, “Clara Dillon Darrow: Pioneering Woman” about a historical Red River Valley region woman. The show explores Ms. Darrow’s passionate pursuit for her right to vote in the late 19th and early 20th century. Clara Darrow, the daughter of Irish immigrants – and cousin to both Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Clarence Darrow, was the President of the Regional League for Women’s Voters, a leading citizen in Western Minnesota and the Dakota Territories, and the mother of sons who would become the founders of the Dakota Hospital System. From farm wife to political presence, she remains a model of the responsibly engaged citizen. Dr. Duncan was commissioned to write this show by Bonanzaville and the Cass County Historical Society. She has performed her one-woman show across the Red River Valley region and at a national Irish Studies Conference hosted at University of Oregon. Dr. Duncan is a professor at Concordia College in Moorhead where she teaches English and Global Studies and specializes in post-colonial Irish literature. She is the author or editor of numerous books. She will follow the performances with a discussion of the historical era and how to use the library to research material for inclusion in writing – both prose and plays. This program took place at the Breckenridge Library and the Moorhead Library on March 17, 2014.