{"id":1024,"date":"2014-03-14T08:53:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T12:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2014-03-07T20:57:21","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T01:57:21","slug":"19th-century-female-trail-blazer-to-come-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=1024","title":{"rendered":"19th-century female trailblazer to come alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018History on Tap\u2019 to put women\u2019s rights champion Ann Preston in spotlight<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n
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Laurie Rofini, director of Chester County Archives and Records Services, will lead a \u201cHistory on Tap\u201d program on Ann Preston, a 19th-century pioneer, on March 18.<\/p><\/div>\n

A 19th<\/sup>-century pioneer of women\u2019s rights and female medical education will come to life at a West Chester restaurant on Tuesday, March 18, at 6:30 p.m., courtesy of the Chester County Historical Society (CCHS).<\/p>\n

CCHS\u2019s \u201cHistory on Tap\u201d series, which brings history to the casual atmosphere of area bars and restaurants, will present a program on Ann Preston (1813-1872) at<\/p>\n

Doc Magrogan\u2019s Oyster House in West Chester. CCHS staff member and Director of Chester County Archives and Records Services Laurie Rofini will explore Preston\u2019s life as an abolitionist, a fierce advocate for women\u2019s rights and temperance, a published author, and one of the first American women to receive a medical degree.<\/p>\n

The program is free, and food and drink will be available for purchase. \u201cHistory on Tap\u201d is sponsored by\u00a0Susquehanna Bank and WCHE 1520AM, with a portable sound system courtesy of Colleen and Basel Frens, and in partnership with the 1893s (Chester County Historical Society Young Friends\u00a0Association.<\/p>\n

Doc Magrogan\u2019s Oyster House is located at 117 E. Gay St., West Chester, 19380. For more information, visit\u00a0http:\/\/www.docmagrogans.com<\/a>.
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\u2018History on Tap\u2019 to put women\u2019s rights champion Ann Preston in spotlight A 19th-century pioneer of women\u2019s rights and female medical education will come to life at a West Chester restaurant on Tuesday, March 18, at 6:30 p.m., courtesy of the Chester County Historical Society (CCHS). CCHS\u2019s \u201cHistory on Tap\u201d series, which brings history to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,5,7],"tags":[810,166,811,812],"class_list":["post-1024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-community","category-events","tag-chester-county-archives-and-records-services-laurie-rofini","tag-chester-county-historical-society-cchs","tag-doc-magrogans-oyster-house","tag-history-on-tap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}