LAKELAND, Fla. (Oct. 11, 2005) — Florida Southern College’s Center for Florida History welcomes Tracy Jean Revels to the Florida Lecture Series on Oct. 20. Revels will discuss her book “Grander in Her Daughters: Florida’s Women During the Civil War” beginning at 7 p.m. in the William M. Hollis Seminar Room on the Florida Southern campus. The lecture is free and open to the public. A book signing will follow the lecture.

A specialist in southern history, Revels received her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from Florida State University. She is currently an associate professor of history at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C., and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, the Florida Historical Society, and the Southern Historical Association. She has published articles in “The Florida Historical Quarterly”and “Forum: The Magazine of the Florida Humanities Council,” as well as book reviews in a wide range of newspapers and journals. Her book “Grander in Her Daughters: Florida’s Women During the Civil War” (Columbia, 2004) received the Florida Historical Society’s 2005 Rembert Patrick Prize for the best scholarly work in Florida history. She is also the author of “Watery Eden: A History of Wakulla Springs” (Tallahassee, 2000). Revels was born and still resides part time in Madison, Fla.

About the Florida Lecture Series 
The Florida Lecture Series is produced by the Center for Florida History under the direction of Dr. James M. Denham. The program brings speakers to the Lakeland campus who approach the issue of “Florida Life and Culture” from a wide range of disciplines, including history, public affairs, law, sociology, criminology, anthropology, literature, music and art. Its overall objective is to create an opportunity for members of the community, faculty, and student body to listen to, interact with and learn from leading scholars and specialists of the state’s history and culture.

About Florida Southern College
Founded in 1885, Florida Southern College is a private, comprehensive, United Methodist college with a liberal arts core. The college maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 38 undergraduate majors and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, and nursing. Florida Southern has a 14:1 student/faculty ratio, provides strong student/faculty mentorship programs, boasts 25 NCAA Division II national championships, and is ranked by U. S. News and World Report as one of the top ten Southern Comprehensive Colleges-Bachelors and by the Princeton Review as a “Best Southeastern College.” Located on scenic Lake Hollingsworth, Florida Southern is the home of the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture.