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Views From the Veranda
The Newsletter of the Northern NJ Chapter
of
The Victorian Society in America
INSIDE AFRICA: REMARKABLE VICTORIAN WOMEN
Monday October 15, 2007 8:00 P.M.
Montclair Women’s Club, 82 Union Street, Montclair, NJ
Refreshments Served
Members Free Guests $10.00 Annual Membership only $25.00
In this illustrated slide lecture, Helen Neuhaus will explore the lives of three
Victorian women, a scientist, a missionary and an explorer, who did not fit the
Victorian mold of protected womanhood and left quiet, sheltered lives in England
and chose to spend their time in one of the most dangerous parts of the world,
the interior of sub-Saharan Africa. They led lives of excitement, achievement,
and sometimes appalling danger. The program will look at memoirs, letters, and
contemporary prints and photographs.
Mary Kingsley left England to lead scientific expeditions in West Africa. She
studied tribal religion and customs in dangerous, unexplored regions, and
became a well-known--and controversial-- authority on African culture. Mary
Slessor was a young Scottish missionary who lived with tribal peoples and risked
her life to oppose ritual sacrifice of hostages and the murder of newborn twins.
Florence Baker, while still in her teens, insisted on accompanying her husband on
African explorations, and braved malaria, crocodiles, mutiny and ambush in the
long and ultimately successful search for the headwaters of the Nile.
What led these women to make these extraordinary life choices? The question
of their motivation is something to think about as we study these remarkable
lives.
Ms. Neuhaus is a retired teacher and administrator and a passionate student of
history.
For more information or questions, please contact
christina.mayer@fmglobal.com or 973.744.5916
From The President
Greetings Members and Friends,
We certainly jump-started our new season with the speaker on the Pullman train
cars and old-fashioned train rides throughout the country. I hope that you
picked up our schedule of speakers for the year so that you can mark your
calendars in advance. John Simonelli will continue to print and mail out our
newsletters. He is that experienced that he has it down to a system. Please pay
your dues soon - those of you who have not done so - in order not to miss out
on any of the newsletters. They are our main means of communication with the
membership. This is how you could have learned of the exciting trip to Mt. Tabor
and the house tour sponsored by the Historic Association. It was indeed a
perfect day.
We look forward to seeing all of you at the October 15 meeting.
Catherine
SAVE THE DATE!
”Tea for Three: Lady Bird, Pat & Betty”
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Glen Ridge Women’s Club, Glen Ridge NJ
Elaine Bromka, a Montclair resident and Emmy Award-winning actress, will present her one-woman
show, revealing a gallery of intimate portraits of three remarkable, radically different First Ladies. We
discover each at a threshold moment in her life, and learn the personal cost of what Pat Nixon called
“the hardest unpaid job in the world.” Light refreshments following the performance to mingle and
meet Ms. Bromka. Presented by the Glen Ridge Women’s Club, the Montclair Historical Society, and
the Northern NJ Chapter of The Victorian Society in America. Look for details in the next newsletter.
New York Lecture by Nancy Green
Lecture by Nancy Green, "Shared Dreams: Partnerships of the
Arts and Crafts Movement", Tuesday, 30 October 2007, 6 pm.
Reception to follow. The Grolier Club, 47 East 60th Street, New York,
NY.
This is the first in a series of lectures and programs being offered
collaboratively by the William Morris Society in the United States, the
American Friends of Arts and Crafts in Chipping Campden, The Stickley
Museum at Craftsman Farms, and the Victorian Society in America.
While John Ruskin and Morris both supported the ideal of the individual craftsman and
the personal fulfillment achieved through satisfaction in one's own labor, the reality was
much more complex. Many of these artists were successful because of their interaction
with a helpmate, often relegated to a more obscure role. This lecture hopes to rectify
this misconception and to provide a clearer idea of the valuable contributions of both of
the partners. Nancy has chosen to concentrate on fourteen partnerships, seven in
America and seven in Britain, including Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret
Macdonald Mackintosh, Mary and G. F. Watts, Evelyn and William de Morgan, William
Morris and his daughter May, Ralph and Jane Whitehead, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates
Starr, and Elbert and Alice Hubbard. Nancy is a senior Curator at the Herbert F.
Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University.
$12 reduced rate for members of the sponsoring organizations; $18 for
others. For more information, call Laura Reilly at 908-766-1634.
Tickets may be purchased from the William Morris Society in the United States, via the
Society’s secure website (PayPal and credit cards accepted) www.morrissociety.org or by
sending a check (please mark the envelope “Green lecture”) to: William Morris Society,
P.O. Box 53263, Washington, DC 20009
NOTES!
If you know of a historical event or meeting that might be of interest to
the group, please let Laura Reilly know at 908-766-1634 or:
lcr0709@aol.com, so this information can be published in future
newsletters.
If your last names begins with A, B or C, please bring refreshments to the
October meeting. Any questions, call Christina Mayer at 973-744-5916.
TIME TO RENEW ANNUAL DUES! Please note- if you have joined
prior to May 2007, you must renew for the current 2007-2008
membership year. If you have already renewed, THANK YOU!
If you have not, please use the enclosed membership renewal
form.
For National Membership, contact The Victorian Society in America, 219
South Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19106, 215-627-4252,
or:info@victoriansociety.org.
There are no phone numbers on file for the following members:
MaryAnne Caton, Mary Ellen Dundon, Amy and John Hosier, Olga Lopez,
and KevinMurphy. Please call Laura Reilly at 908-766-1634 or
email:lcr0709@aol.com, so we can update our files.
The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms is open for tours Wednesday
through Friday, from Noon until 3pm, and weekends from 11am until 4pm
– call 973-540-0311 for more information. Museum closes on November
15th.
The League of Historical Societies, to which we belong, along with about
200 other historical groups in the State, is holding its Fall meeting in
Bayonne on October 27. If anyone is interested in attending the meeting
we will have some flyers at our meeting in Sept. The cost is $20 including
lunch and a guided bus tour of Bayonne, with stops at places of particular
historical interest.
October 30th –6pm - Evening lecture in New York by Nancy Green- see
details above..
November 18th – Brunch Fundraiser – Details – TBA
On Saturday, December 1, from noon to 7 p.m., and Sunday, December
2, from noon to 5 p.m., visitors can “Deck the Halls” with a weekend of
nineteenth century holiday decorations and entertainment at historic
Acorn Hall and Macculloch Hall. Acorn Hall is at 68 Morris Avenue and
Macculloch Hall is at 45 Macculloch Avenue, both in Morristown, NJ. $10
adults, children under 12 are free. 973-267-3465/www.acornhall.org or
www.maccullochhall.org.
Next Board meeting will be at the home of Adriana O’Toole on October 1st
at 7:45pm.
VSA/NNJ Chapter Board Members for 2007-2008
President- Catherine Sullivan 973-762-6453 Publicity - Christina Mayer 973-744-5916
Vice President – Elaine Flint 973-338-3537 Archives – Eileen Sutera 908-688-4356
Secretary – Pat Sanders 973-746-1433 Circulation – John Simonelli 973-492-0284
Treasurer – Kevin Cooney 973-744-5916 Programs – Adriana O’Toole 973-744-8267
Hospitality – Christina Mayer 973-744-5916 Membership – Laura Reilly 908-766-1634
Hospitality – Judyann Affronti 973-748-7290 Preservation – Elaine Flint 973-338-3537
Trips – Lily Hodge 201-486-2176 Preservation–Adriana O’Toole
Newsletter – Laura Reilly 908-766-1634 973-744-8267
Member at Large – Jane McNeil 732-
741-3735
The Victorian Society in America, PO Box 717,
Montclair, NJ 07042
