The Grafton Historical Society’s April meeting will be held at the Grafton Town Hall on April 17 at 7 pm. The program for the evening is Lucy Larcom, New England Mill Girl.
[private]Not just another 19th century “mill girl,” Lucy Larcom left us an inside look at the life in the early textile mills of New England through her writings and poetry. Lucy began working in the textile mills as a young girl when her father died. After ten years in the mills, she moved to the Midwest with her sister and brother-in-law, where she was able to further her education and became a writer.
Her best known book, A New England Girlhood, recounted her early days in the mills, giving her readers a first hand account of the early days of industrial New England.
The program will be presented by Phyllis Chapman. She has been a historical interpreter for more than ten years, has a Master’s Degree in Museum Education from Skidmore College and has worked at the Bennington Museum and at the Bennington Battlefield site. Chapman has made presentations at the Park McCullough House in North Bennington and the Quaker Meeting House in Chatham and numerous other historical societies.
This program is co-sponsored by the Grafton Community Library. It is free, and the public is invited to attend. For more information contact 518-641-9660 or historicgrafton@aol.com.
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