728 Legendary Ladies of Pennsylvania
Class | Registration opens 8/10/2026 11:00 AM
This course will explore the lives of various women of Pennsylvania. With Barbara Yorks, students will look at the aspects of their lives that set them apart, focusing on their strengths, challenges, and areas of influence. Among those to be considered are: Marian Anderson, Dolly Madison and Abigail Geisinger. There will also be women whose names are less well known but whose vision and action give them a place in history.
Barbara Yorks
BARB YORKS received a bachelor of arts degree from Bucknell University, her master of divinity degree from Methodist Theological School and her doctor of ministry degree from Asbury Seminary. She is a retired United Methodist pastor who has served in Ohio and Pennsylvania as campus minister, interim pastor (including at First Presbyterian Church in Lewisburg), and associate and senior pastor. Most recently, she served as the head librarian at the Himmelreich Memorial Library in Lewisburg. Barb has led retreats, offered seminars, performed first-person narratives along with teaching BILL classes, primarily focusing on historical and influential women. Married, with two children and four grandchildren, she enjoys travel, reading, writing and spending time with family and friends.