Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Celebrate Women's History Month with Keeler Tavern and The Discovery Center on March 29

The Keeler Tavern Museum and The Discovery Center at Ridgefield will be hosting a special event to celebrate Women's History Month on Sunday, March 29 at 2:00 pm. Guest speaker Nicole Eustace, Assistant Professor of History at New York University, will give a presentation about women's roles during the American Revolution, followed by coffee and dessert and guided tours of historic Keeler Tavern.

Ms. Eustace regularly writes and teaches about colonial and revolutionary America. She also periodically co-directs the NYU Program in the History of Women and Gender. She earned a B.A. in history from Yale University in 1994 and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Pennsylvania in 2001. Her first book, titled “Passion Is the Gale: Emotion, Power, and the Coming of the American Revolution,” was published in 2008.

This special event takes place on Sunday, March 29 at 2:00 pm at Keeler Tavern Museum, 132 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT. This event is $10 for members of Keeler Tavern or The Discovery Center and children sixteen and under, $15 for non-members, and is co-sponsored by the Keeler Tavern Museum and The Discovery Center at Ridgefield. For reservations please contact The Discovery Center or Keeler Tavern Museum.

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