Date/Time
Date(s) - July 13, 2021
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
Melody's House
Categories
Please join UCWN for our first face-to-face event since March 2020! We’ll gather at Past President Melody Newcombe’s home and garden, where we will pick up where we left off—seeing old friends, making new ones, and picnicking on the deck, as we hear author Violet Snow talk about her new book, To March or To Marry, a historical novel about suffrage and women’s clubs.
From 1868 to 1920, the women’s club movement swept across the U.S., gathering middle-class women together to form sisterly bonds, study culture, and work toward social reform. Though largely overshadowed by the heroics of the radical suffragettes, women’s clubs transformed society’s attitudes about gender and prepared women for work in business and politics.
To March or to Marry shows how crises in women’s lives shaped both the suffrage and women’s club movements. One of the protagonists is based on the author’s great-grandmother, whose letters reveal that her women’s club was central to her life as a wife and mother. Violet will also describe her research on women’s clubs in Ulster County in the same time period, precursors of groups like UCWN. Signed copies of the book will be available for sale.
About Violet Snow
Violet Snow wrote weekly for the Woodstock Times for 17 years. Her articles have also been published in the New York Times “Disunion” blog, Civil War Times, American Ancestors, Jewish Currents, and many other periodicals. Her fiction and memoir have appeared in Otter Magazine, Pilgrimage, Tinker Street, and the podcast series “The Strange Recital.” A gripping excerpt from To March or to Marry is included in the Spring 2021 issue of the feminist literary magazine Minerva Rising. Violet also works as a freelance editor and teaches workshops on how to write memoir and family history.
Melody Newcombe’s Home
Tuesday, July 13, 2021
5:30 to 8:00 p.m.
at
117 Miller Road
Mt. Tremper, NY 12457
Bring your own picnic!
Agenda
• 5:30 p.m.: Check in and networking
• 6:00 p.m.: Garden tour
• 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.: Presentation, picnic, and book signing
Registration and Picnic
In order to protect everyone at this post-pandemic reunion, attendance is capped at 30. Members may bring one guest for free (just choose two member tickets). Guests are $5. Members and guests must register before the event; we will not admit unregistered members or guests at the door. Please bring your own drinks and picnic dinner for yourself or your small group.
Consider Joining UCWN
If you are not yet a member, please consider joining UCWN now, so you can attend this webinar free of charge and enjoy other benefits for the next 12 months. Go to Join Now for sign up. If you’re not ready to join UCWN ($25 annual fee, rolling basis), you can attend this event for only $5.00 that helps defray some organization expenses, including our website expenses and our Zoom subscription fees. N.B.: Members must login with their email and password to attend for free. For problems logging in, email admin@ucwn.org.
Bookings
Bookings are closed for this event.