Philipse women in the spotlight
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- December
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The Westchester Genealogical Society celebrates its silver anniversary by hosting a presentation on a book about the lives of four “astonishing” women of the Philipse family. Author Jean Zimmerman, who wrote “Made from Scratch: Reclaiming the Pleasures of the American Hearth”, “Raising Our Athletic Daughters” and “Tailspin: Women at War”, is the featured speaker at a Jan. 12 morning meeting of the Westchester Genealogical Society to note its 25th year.
Zimmerman’s most recent book is “The Women of the House”, which chronicles the lives of women in the Philipse family, merchants who built a lower Hudson Valley merchant empire, and is expected to have a lot to tell. You can read an excerpt and find out more by clicking on Harcourt., her publisher’s site.
The program is open to the public and is at 10 a.m., Sat. , Jan. 12 at Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, 29 Warburton Ave., Yonkers. It is co-sponsored by the Friends of Philipse Manor Hall. A $3 donation is requested and refreshments will be served at 9:30 a.m.
Westchester County Genealogical Society (WCGS) began in 1982 to bring together people interested in tracing their ancestry and study genealogical research. Its members can study genealogical research and exchange information in their search for family roots.
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