An Evening with Jane Barton Griffith: author, activist, preservationist In-Person
Jane Barton Griffith was the co-director of Quaker (American Friends Service Committee) humanitarian projects during the Vietnam War. When Jane returned from Vietnam, Amnesty International sponsored her on a speaking tour in the US and Europe and her photographs were widely published nationally and internationally.
In 2025 Jane wrote the book Two Women, One War: an unlikely friendship during the Vietnam War - Women have been overlooked in the history of the Vietnam War. The gap is now filled with this riveting, true memoir. Two Women, One War is a story of the insanity of war, the human capacity for resilience, the power of hope, and the strength of women. This is the first story of the Vietnam war from the point of view of an American civilian women.
Jane was also chief preservation officer for the US Treasury and Justice Department buildings and NJ State House. She led capital campaigns for several international nonprofits. Her books include two cookbooks, Shibori, a Japanese textile technique, and the footnotes for a bestselling diary by a North Vietnamese female physician. Jane lives in Connecticut in a ship captain’s house and summers on Great Cranberry Island, Maine.
Registration is suggested.
- Date:
- Tuesday, October 14, 2025
- Time:
- 6:30PM - 7:30PM
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Meeting Room
- Audience:
- Adults
- Categories:
- Author talk Library Event