Bread or Blood: 1863 Richmond Women's Bread Riots

Kelly Hancock, director of programs at the American Civil War Museum, will present how price controls, rising inflation, and wartime shortages led to the Richmond Bread Riot in the spring of 1863.  Learn how inflation and the scarcity of goods that led hundreds of poor and working-class women to protest, as well as the trials and laws passed in the aftermath. Meet the women involved in orchestrating the riot and explore the controversy over who ended it.

 Free event.  For information, call 703-591-0560.