March is
women’s history month, celebrating strong women. This program reminds us all how far we’ve come. Discover what life was really like for New
England's colonial women - because we've always been curious about:
menstruation, sex & birth control, childbirth, sickness &
medicine. These strong women helped build our country,
despite primitive and harsh conditions.
Milford Library and the Milford
Historical Society welcome Velya Jancz-Urban, who will delight us with her
knowledge of everyday living in the colonial era. This program will be held on Wednesday,
March 15 at 6:30pm, at Milford Public Library, 57 New Haven Ave. in Milford.
In
2011, Jancz-Urban and her family bought
a foreclosed farmhouse in Woodbury, Connecticut, unaware of what the house
would reveal. Behind the walls, surprises and secrets waited to be
exposed. This became the spark for the
novel, Acquiescence. Moving into this
1770 farmhouse ignited her interest in the colonial era. While researching her
novel, she became obsessed (in a good way) with colonial women. In
Jancz-Urban’s entertainingly-informative presentation, The Not-So-Good Life of the Colonial Goodwife, even history buffs
will learn a thing or two.
The
Not-So-Good Life of the Colonial Goodwife not only makes audience members laugh and grimace,
but it also honors our foremothers. It’s not about quilting bees and spinning
wheels - it’s an interactive presentation about the little-known issues faced
by New England’s colonial women.
Ms. Jancz-Urban has
traveled throughout the east coast presenting at libraries, historical
societies, women’s groups, conferences, universities, book festivals, and
women’s history month events. She
regularly hosts book club gatherings at her 1770 Connecticut farmhouse, the
primary setting of her novel. As the Grounded Goodwife, Velya and her
daughter, Ehris, teach a variety of hands-on holistic workshops.
