Curl up with a book at home! (Tuesday, April 21 meeting CANCELLED)

The Cairnwood Literary Guild is a unique book club experience. Gilded Age and Victorian literature enthusiasts, from novice to experienced educators, come together to explore the rich and intriguing cultural and social history of the 19th century. The Literary Guild meet bimonthly to enjoy a diverse reading list, including fiction and non-fiction.

• Current reading selection: “The Aviator’s Wife”by Melanie Benjamin
• Let’s keep reading! We are looking forward to gathering again in the future when Cairnwood reopens.

” The Aviator’s Wife”: Acclaimed novelist Melanie Benjamin pulls back the curtain on the marriage of one of America’s most extraordinary couples: Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.

Sunday, May 10th

Celebrate Mom while enjoying a traditional tea and self-guided tour of the Estate and Grounds.

• $55 per person
• Space is limited; reservations required

NEW DATE! Thursday, September 10 at 7:00pm

An enchanted fundraiser supporting Cairnwood and ANC Performing Arts. Inspired by the tale as old at time – Beauty & the Beast, this event will feature student performers, live entertainment, show-stopping food stations, a silent auction, and some whimsical surprises!

• Refreshments sponsored by Sage Catering
• Beer, wine, & signature drinks included.
• $100 per person; $50 guests under 35 years of age.
• Cocktail attire
• Space is limited; reservations required

NEW DATE Thursday, October 1 at 7:30pm

An illustrated talk celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote.

• Free admission; $10 donations appreciated
• Space is limited; reservations required

Women worked for the right to vote for over a century before the 19th amendment to the Constitution guaranteed that the right of citizens to vote would “not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.” This illustrated lecture will discuss the traditional story of women’s suffrage, highlighting the remarkable accomplishments and sacrifices of famous women such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Susan B. Anthony, but will also explore lesser known history, such as the fierceness of anti-suffragist activists and the importance of women of color in the pro-suffrage movement. If you are feeling festive, wear purple, yellow, or white: the colors of the suffrage movement that successfully gave women the right to vote 100 years ago.

Speaker Kendra Knight, an alumna of ANC and Bryn Athyn College, has been teaching United States history in the Academy of the New Church Girls School for the last decade. She recently earned a Masters in History concentrated on race and gender in United States history from Villanova University. She is particularly interested in developing the histories of people whose voices have been omitted from traditional accounts such as minorities and women.