On Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 from 1-2pm on Zoom and streamed to the Kingsley Room, join us for a virtual program about the American gilded age heiresses that married into British aristocracy.
During the American gilded age, the cash-strapped lords, viscounts, and dukes of Great Britain shifted their focus from hunting foxes and pheasants to more lucrative targets: cash-flush Gilded Age American socialites who were willing to trade their family’s money for an ancient title and often a chilly reception in the British aristocracy. Join Claire Evans as she recounts the tales of some of the famously loaded young Americans who infused bank accounts of many stately homes, including close relatives of Winston Churchill and Princess Diana.
Claire Evans is a former journalist, attorney, and college lecturer who started her love of most things British as she and her mother watched countless episodes of "Are You Being Served," "Fawlty Towers," and "The Vicar of Dibley" on PBS.
Like all Southbury Public Library programs, this program is free to attend and open to anyone regardless of town of residency. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Southbury Public Library. Registration is required. Zoom invitation links will be sent via email on the day of the program. Please visit the link below for more information and to register.
Registration Link:
Zoom https://www.southburylibrary.org/events/zoom-uptown-girls-downton-abbey-how-american-gilded-age-heiresses-invaded-british
In Person https://www.southburylibrary.org/events/person-uptown-girls-downton-abbey-how-american-gilded-age-heiresses-invaded-british