{"id":2334,"date":"2019-09-20T21:42:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T01:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vapc.org\/?p=2334"},"modified":"2019-09-20T21:42:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T01:42:59","slug":"member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Member Profile: Meet Frances Broaddus Crutchfield"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Pictured above: Frances with her &#8220;twin,&#8221; advocting women&#8217;s rights, and starring as &#8220;The Witch&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Sandwich and a Glass of Wine with a Fascinating Lady<\/strong><br><em><br>By Terry Haycock<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>With this series of member profiles, we hope to enhance our knowledge of each other on personal as well as professional levels.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you consulted <em>Wikipedia<\/em>, you would find that \u201cFrances \nBroaddus Crutchfield, \u2026 born in Richmond, Virginia, is an actress, \nauthor of &#8220;Saving the Mattaponi&#8221; published in 2001, poet, political \nactivist, environmentalist, and writer for the <em>Richmond Free Press<\/em>\n and other venues.\u201d It goes on to say that she is a graduate of St. \nCatherine\u2019s, Richmond, received a bachelor\u2019s degree from Salem College, \nWinston-Salem, North Carolina, and a masters in theater arts from \nColumbia University. She also has a Doctor of Humane Letters from Bacone\n College in Oklahoma. Frances has won many awards, including those \noffered by VPC and NFPW, but for me, although accurate, these facts are \nnot as impressive as Frances herself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We met recently at the Toast restaurant in Midlothian\u2019s Winterfield \nshopping center. I was seated at a booth looking out the window at the \npatio graced with tables, chairs, and a canopy raised against the sun \nand 90-degree heat, when Frances entered from the reception area, cell \nphone at ear, finishing a conversation that had gone on longer than \nexpected.&nbsp; Apologizing, she disconnected, and we introduced ourselves. \nIt was the beginning of a delightful four hours that turned from interview into what felt like chatting with a dear friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked about her acting experience, Frances said, in her delightful \nlilting Richmond accent, that although she went to New York with high \nhopes of Broadway stardom, she returned to Virginia when her father \nbecame ill. Her interest in theater began as a small child when she saw \n\u201cHansel and Gretel\u201d in Atlanta. \u201cI fell in love with the witch,\u201d she \nsaid, eyes sparkling.&nbsp; She has played the witch in several local \nproductions of \u201cThe Wizard of OZ.\u201d Hearing that St. Michael\u2019s School in \nBon Air was going into a WOO summer production, she auditioned over the \nphone using the witch\u2019s voice and was hired on the spot! Her humor \nexhibits a sense of responsible mischief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frances is also focused and tenacious. While in middle school at St. \nCatherine\u2019s, having been promised a horse by her mother if she learned \nto ride, she worked with the riding mistress and earned the horse. Asked\n if she still rode, Frances said, \u201cI don\u2019t have a horse now, but I would\n ride if the opportunity arose.\u201d She also skis, has traveled the world \nfor both business, political causes, and fun. She is a champion of the \nunderdog and fit me in between political activities and preparations for\n her trip to Alaska. Asked about that, she said this was her third trip;\n on her second she met her \u201ctwin\u201d, another lady with long gray hair; \nmembers of crew and passengers kept getting them mixed up, asking if \nthey were twins. Finally, she and Carol Hopkins playfully told everyone \nthey <em>were<\/em> twins! (I can picture the twinkles in their eyes). \nRecently, Carol called to say she was going on another Alaskan trip and \nFrances just had to go with her. Done and done! They were leaving three \ndays after our interview. I look forward to hearing about their \nadventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a small world in the NFPW. We discovered that IWPA\u2019s Cecilia \nGreen, responsible for my membership, is, along with her daughter Jill \nof the Wichita, Kansas, group, a dear friend. So many talented, \ninteresting fun members comprise our organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are just a few glimpses of the life and spirit of a valued VPC \nmember. She\u2019s bright, independent, dedicated, and great company. But \ndon\u2019t take my word for it. Seek her out at a VPC event. Your \nconversation is bound to be interesting, enlightening, and fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictured above: Frances with her &#8220;twin,&#8221; advocting women&#8217;s rights, and starring as &#8220;The Witch&#8221; A Sandwich and a Glass of Wine with a Fascinating LadyBy Terry Haycock With this series of member profiles, we hope to enhance our knowledge of each other on personal as well as professional levels. If you consulted Wikipedia, you would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Member Profile: Meet Frances Broaddus Crutchfield - VPC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Virginia Professional Communicators\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Member Profile: Meet Frances Broaddus Crutchfield - VPC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Virginia Professional Communicators\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"VPC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/42804826486\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"VaCommunicators\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-21T01:42:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-09-21T01:42:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/frances-hero.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"VPC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"VPC\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"VPC\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8dd82343fadf1a1f3997437b44e25c62\"},\"headline\":\"Member Profile: Meet Frances Broaddus Crutchfield\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-21T01:42:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-21T01:42:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":659,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/frances-hero.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\\\/\",\"name\":\"Member Profile: Meet Frances Broaddus Crutchfield - VPC\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/frances-hero.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-21T01:42:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-21T01:42:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8dd82343fadf1a1f3997437b44e25c62\"},\"description\":\"Virginia Professional Communicators\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/frances-hero.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/09\\\/frances-hero.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Member Profile: Meet Frances Broaddus Crutchfield\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/\",\"name\":\"VPC\",\"description\":\"Virginia Professional Communicators\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8dd82343fadf1a1f3997437b44e25c62\",\"name\":\"VPC\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2e91397981af5f44c868212d0bff74cbb02715a32623f88cdfb27e61cb4c1a0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2e91397981af5f44c868212d0bff74cbb02715a32623f88cdfb27e61cb4c1a0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/2e91397981af5f44c868212d0bff74cbb02715a32623f88cdfb27e61cb4c1a0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"VPC\"},\"sameAs\":[\"VaCommunicators\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/VaCommunicators\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/vapc.org\\\/vapc\\\/author\\\/wpvapcadmin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Member Profile: Meet Frances Broaddus Crutchfield - VPC","description":"Virginia Professional Communicators","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Member Profile: Meet Frances Broaddus Crutchfield - VPC","og_description":"Virginia Professional Communicators","og_url":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\/","og_site_name":"VPC","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/42804826486\/","article_author":"VaCommunicators","article_published_time":"2019-09-21T01:42:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-09-21T01:42:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/frances-hero.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"VPC","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"VPC","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\/"},"author":{"name":"VPC","@id":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/#\/schema\/person\/8dd82343fadf1a1f3997437b44e25c62"},"headline":"Member Profile: Meet Frances Broaddus Crutchfield","datePublished":"2019-09-21T01:42:58+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-21T01:42:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\/"},"wordCount":659,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/frances-hero.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\/","url":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\/","name":"Member Profile: Meet Frances Broaddus Crutchfield - VPC","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/frances-hero.jpg","datePublished":"2019-09-21T01:42:58+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-21T01:42:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/#\/schema\/person\/8dd82343fadf1a1f3997437b44e25c62"},"description":"Virginia Professional Communicators","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/frances-hero.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/frances-hero.jpg","width":1500,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/member-profile-meet-frances-broaddus-crutchfield\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Member Profile: Meet Frances Broaddus Crutchfield"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/#website","url":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/","name":"VPC","description":"Virginia Professional Communicators","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/#\/schema\/person\/8dd82343fadf1a1f3997437b44e25c62","name":"VPC","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e91397981af5f44c868212d0bff74cbb02715a32623f88cdfb27e61cb4c1a0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e91397981af5f44c868212d0bff74cbb02715a32623f88cdfb27e61cb4c1a0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2e91397981af5f44c868212d0bff74cbb02715a32623f88cdfb27e61cb4c1a0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"VPC"},"sameAs":["VaCommunicators","https:\/\/x.com\/VaCommunicators"],"url":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/author\/wpvapcadmin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2334"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2336,"href":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334\/revisions\/2336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vapc.org\/vapc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}