Upcoming Programs, Events and Exhibitions
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**NEW: Virtual Tours of Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion. Please check out the website for days, times, and reservation information.
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11apr1:30 pm2:30 pmEMM Literary Parlor - "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" (ZOOM)
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Literary Parlor with Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the second and final novel by the English author Anne Bronte. The novel is framed as a series of
Event Details
Literary Parlor with Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the second and final novel by the English author Anne Bronte. The novel is framed as a series of 
letters from Gilbert Markham to his friend about the events connected with his meeting a mysterious young widow, calling herself Helen Graham, who arrives at Wildfell Hall. Contrary to the early 19th century norms, she pursues an artist’s career and makes an income by selling her pictures. Her strict seclusion gives rise to gossip and she becomes a social outcast. She gives a diary to Markham that chronicles her husband’s physical and moral decline through alcohol and debauchery in the dissipated aristocratic society. Critics consider The Tenant of Wildfell Hall to be one of the first feminist novels. Join 19th-century bibliophile, Kate Howe, for an exciting discussion.
Sunday, April 11, 2021, at 1:30 pm
Cost: $6 REGISTER ONLINE
The Mansion will email ticket-holders for The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Literary Parlor zoom sign-information on Saturday, April 10 and at 11:30 am on April 11, 2021
Time
(Sunday) 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Organizer
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansiondiane@ebenezermaxwellmansion.org 200 W Tulpehocken St Philadelphia PA 19144
april, 2021
10apr1:00 pmEMM: Octavius Catto (ZOOM)
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Illustrated Virtual Talk with Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion is pleased to welcome Amy Cohen for an illustrated talk via ZOOM about the life of Octavius Catto, 19th-century civil rights
Event Details
Illustrated Virtual Talk with Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion is pleased to welcome Amy Cohen for an illustrated talk via ZOOM about the life of Octavius Catto, 19th-century civil rights activist. Catto was murdered in broad daylight on election day, October 10, 1871. Catto’s assassin, Frank
Kelly, was not prosecuted. In her talk, Cohen draws parallels to what happened in the 19th-century and what is happening today. Join us for what surely will be a most informative talk with time for discussion afterward.
Saturday, April 10, 2021, at 1:00 pm – Cost: $6
Ticket holders will receive ZOOM sign-in information at 11:00 am on Saturday, April 10, 2021
Amy Cohen spent 20 years as a middle and high school social studies teacher. While teaching at Masterman School, she was also among the first cohort of educators to teach African American History. She is currently the Director of Education at History Making Productions. She also produced Octavius V. Catto: A Legacy for the 21st Century which won a Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award for Historic/Cultural Program Features. Cohen is a monthly columnist for Hidden City, an online magazine about Philadelphia’s history and the built environment.
Time
(Saturday) 1:00 pm
Organizer
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansiondiane@ebenezermaxwellmansion.org 200 W Tulpehocken St Philadelphia PA 19144
11apr1:30 pm2:30 pmEMM Literary Parlor - "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" (ZOOM)
Event Details
Literary Parlor with Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the second and final novel by the English author Anne Bronte. The novel is framed as a series of
Event Details
Literary Parlor with Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the second and final novel by the English author Anne Bronte. The novel is framed as a series of letters from Gilbert Markham to his friend about the events connected with his meeting a mysterious young widow, calling herself Helen Graham, who arrives at Wildfell Hall. Contrary to the early 19th century norms, she pursues an artist’s career and makes an income by selling her pictures. Her strict seclusion gives rise to gossip and she becomes a social outcast. She gives a diary to Markham that chronicles her husband’s physical and moral decline through alcohol and debauchery in the dissipated aristocratic society. Critics consider The Tenant of Wildfell Hall to be one of the first feminist novels. Join 19th-century bibliophile, Kate Howe, for an exciting discussion.
Sunday, April 11, 2021, at 1:30 pm
Cost: $6 REGISTER ONLINE
The Mansion will email ticket-holders for The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Literary Parlor zoom sign-information on Saturday, April 10 and at 11:30 am on April 11, 2021
Time
(Sunday) 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Organizer
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansiondiane@ebenezermaxwellmansion.org 200 W Tulpehocken St Philadelphia PA 19144