Breakfast at the Lake
When: February 20, 2012 Monday
RSVP: Feb. 16, 2012 Thursday 330-638-2420
Time: 9:30am
Where: Lake Vista of Cortland's Clubhouse
Free continental Breakfast
Speaker: Liz Clark, The Upton Association
Topic:Martha Dandridge Custis Washington
Program: Martha was born into a world of elite social custom and privilege in the 1730s. Little did she know that she would marry twice, give birth to four children - losing two of them to illness in childhood - and bear witness to the Revolution and the creation of a new nation. An overview on women’s lives during the 18th century, including women’s access to property and education, their role in the Revolution, their thoughts on the promises of rights called for in the founding documents, and their everyday experiences of marriage, motherhood, labor, sickness, and death.
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