Trying Women: a History of Women in the Whaling Industry
Christine Brin
Luncheon Lecture
March 12, 2026 11:00 AM
Christine Brin is an experienced museum educator, maritime historian, and public speaker with more than 20 years of experience in the museum education field. She is an associate education curator with the North Carolina Maritime Museum in Beaufort where she primarily oversees the museum’s public programming.
Christine Brin earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Montclair State University and a master’s degree in history from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She has held educator positions at several institutions, including the N.J. Museum of Agriculture on the Rutgers University campus and Plimoth Plantation ( Plimoth Plantation is now called Plimoth Patuxet Museums and is located in Plymouth, Massachusetts.). Career highlights include working as an interpreter aboard Mayflower II, coordinating the N.C. Maritime Museum’s annual Murder Mystery Dinners, and engaging with the museum’s many visitors each year.
Program Description: “Trying Women: a History of Women in the Whaling Industry” Using information gathered from whaling communities around the North Atlantic, Associate Curator of Education Christine Brin will discuss the history of women in the whaling industry. These roles included net mending, running stores, processing whale meat, and occasionally even joining their husbands at sea. Join us for an interesting insight into the world of women in the early 17tt century North Atlantic maritime community.
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