Monroe Historical Society Examines Gilded-Age Women

MONROE, CT -- The Monroe Historical Society is presenting "The Not-So-Golden Life of a Gilded Age Wife," a program hosted by Velya Jancz-Urban, teacher, author, and expert on New England Colonial women.

Jancz-Urban will describe the misinformation and exaggerations that kept women subjugated and undermined any attempts to progress beyond the kitchen and the drawing room during the Gilded Age, the period in United States history following the Civil War and Reconstruction, lasting from the late 1860s to 1896.

The program will be held at the Edith Wheeler Memorial Library in Monroe on Saturday, June 2, from 2:00-3:00 p.m.

The Monroe Historical Society is a non-profit group run by volunteers dedicated to keeping Monroe's history alive and thriving within the community.

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