Sign up today for: “The History Cafe: some A B Cs of history” continues …
Come, relax, and chat about American history. Retired history professor, Jean Perry presents parts of history you may not have learned in school. There will be a focus on women in history, but also other bits and pieces that make history fascinating, just like fascinating bits and pieces of conversation in a cafe.
Tuesday, September 5 @ 7 PM – D – Daddy’s Girls – Lou Henry Hoover, Jane Addams and others;
Despite Disabilities – Helen Keller, Virginia Hall (WWII spy); Dolley Madison, power hostess
*THURSDAY*, October 19 @ 7 PM – E – The “Elizabeths” – Haddon, Stanton, Delany; “Eleanors” – Dare, Roosevelt; Eliza Pinckney – saved the Carolina economy
Tuesday, November 7 @ 7 PM – F – Women in the Fifties; Some women who were the First; Feminist History
Tuesday, December 12 @ 7 PM – G – Women Geniuses; The Garment Industry; Grimke sisters; Martha Griffiths – member of Congress