SHANNON McKENNA SCHMIDT
Writer & Traveler
UPCOMING EVENTS
VIEW ONLINE
May 11, 2024
Val-Kill, Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Route 9G/54 Val-Kill Park Road, Hyde Park, NY
Presentation followed by a reception. Further
details are forthcoming.
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August 15, 2024
Private virtual event. In conversation with
Rebecca J. Sanford, author of The Disappeared,
about Eleanor Roosevelt: Allyship & Advocacy.
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PAST EVENTS
March 21, 2024, 2 p.m. PST
Rancho Mirage Library and Observatory
71-100 Highway 111, Rancho Mirage, CA
Event will live stream here.
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Saturday, March 16, 2024, 10 a.m. EST
Friends of the National WWII Memorial
Monthly Virtual Education Conference Series
Registration link and details to come.
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Friday, March 1, 2024, 8:45 - 10 a.m. CST
945 Magazine Street, New Orleans, LA
Our War Too: Women's History Symposium with Christopher C. Gorham, author of The Confidante.
The in-person event is full. Click here to register
to watch it live online.
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Thursday, January 18, 2024, 6 p.m.
The White House Historical Association
History Happy Hour
Virtual event.
Click here to view.
Roosevelt Reading Festival, June 24, 2023
It was quite a crowd of Eleanor fans at the FDR Library's annual reading festival.
C-SPAN was on the scene recording the event. Click here to view.
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, September 21, 2023
It was an honor to team up with renowned Eleanor biographer Blanche Wiesen Cook to discuss THE FIRST LADY OF WORLD WAR II in a very special venue—the NYC townhouse where Eleanor and Franklin once lived. Click here to view on YouTube.
The Roosevelt Story: Conversations,
March 16, 2023
In honor of Women's History Month, I discussed Eleanor Roosevelt's journey to the Pacific theater with William Harris, Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Click here to view on YouTube.
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National World War II Museum,
March 1, 2024
I teamed up with Christopher C. Gorham, author of THE CONFIDANTE, to talk about Eleanor Roosevelt and Anna Rosenberg, two extraordinary women who played pivotal parts during WWII. Our session was part of "Our War Too," a symposium in conjunction with the Museum's exhibit about women in service (on view thru July 21). Click here to view.
White House Historical Association,
January 18, 2024
A fun and informative History Happy Hour about "Eleanor Roosevelt: Traveler, Adventurer, and the First Lady of World War II" included visuals of archival materials along with the "Citrus Got Real" cocktail mixed on camera. Click here to view.
Rancho Mirage Writers Festival /
Writers Series, March 21, 2024
Just as they do every week to support the featured author, book lovers in this fabulously literary community turned out in full force to hear about Eleanor's journey during a 45-minute talk with archival materials. Click here to view.
Thursday, January 11, 2024, 12 p.m.
Private event. Eleanor was an early
member of the Junior League, volunteering at a settlement house on the Lower East Side, which
helped launch her life of advocacy.
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Friends of the National World War II Memorial, March 16, 2024
After my presentation, part of the Friends' Monthly Conference Series, historian and author Alex Kershaw moderated a very lively Q&A session. Click here to view.
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023
National Museum of the Pacific War
Webinar with visuals and Q&A.
Click here to view.
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Sunday, November 12, 2023, 4:30 p.m.
CRAFT: Authors in Conversation with
Little Jumbo, 214 Broadway St., Asheville, NC
With Malaprop's Bookstore
Saturday, October 28, 2023, 12 p.m.
Gebhard's Beer Culture
228 West 72nd Street, New York, NY
Sunday, October 22, 2023, 4 p.m.
History Happy Hour with
Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours
Virtual event.
Thursday, October 12, 2023, 7 p.m.
The James and Betty Hall Theatre, Dutchess Hall
Poughkeepsie, NY
September 21, 2023, 6 p.m.
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute
In person & Zoom; RSVP here
47-49 East 65th Street, NYC
In conversation with Blanche Wiesen Cook, historian and Eleanor Roosevelt biographer
Wednesday, July 19 at 7:00 p.m.
42nd Street bet. Fifth & Sixth Avenues, NYC
Author talk followed by a Q&A
In partnership with the New-York Historical
Saturday, June 24 at 1 p.m.
Roosevelt Reading Festival, Hyde Park, NY
Hosted by the Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential Library and Museum
Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation, March 11, 2024
A presentation was followed by a terrific
Q&A moderated by Education Specialist
Erik Wright. Click here to view.
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The First Lady of World War II: Insights from the Author, November 15, 2023
A webinar hosted by the National Museum of the Pacific War—with visuals! Click here to watch.
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History Happy Hour/Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours, October 22, 2023
Cocktails and conversation! It was a lively hour talking with historians Rick Byer and Chris Anderson. Click here to view on YouTube to hear about Eleanor's journey--and find out why a Manhattan was my Happy Hour drink of choice.
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The Little Point Bookshop, May 13, 2023
I had a fun, lively discussion with Kelly Coyle Crivelli, the owner of the Little Point Bookshop in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ, about THE FIRST LADY OF WORLD WAR II. Click here to view on YouTube.
CRAFT: Authors in Conversation with
Denise Kiernan
I joined Denise Kiernan, the author of The Girls of Atomic City, The Last Castle, and We Gather Together, on October 21, 2020, for some armchair adventuring and travel talk. During the chat, which was part of Denise’s web series, CRAFT: Authors in Conversation, we discussed writing while on the road, the most atmospheric literary locale, selling nearly all of your belongings to travel full-time, and much more, including the subject of my next book, Eleanor Roosevelt, and her incredible World War II-era journey. The conversation can be viewed here.
Wednesday, May 31 at 7 p.m.
Main Point Books, Wayne, NJ
C0-hosted by Radnor Memorial Library
Author talk and Q&A. Watch it here.
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Wednesday, May 24 at 7 p.m.
Hingham Public Library, Hingham, MA
In conversation with Mary Anne Donaldson
Co-sponsored by Buttonwood Books & Toys
Saturday, May 13
Little Point Bookshop, Point Peasant Beach, NJ
In conversation with bookshop owner
Kelly Coyle Crivelli. Watch it here.
Tuesday, May 9
Barnes & Noble Tribeca, NYC
In conversation with David Michaelis,
the author of Eleanor
Wednesday, May 3
Browseabout Books & Lewes Public Library
Virtual event / In conversation with
Paul Sparrow, former director of the
FDR Presidential Library and Museum