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Book Talk: Jean Zimmerman presents The Women of the House:
How a Colonial She-Merchant Built a Mansion, a Fortune, and a Dynasty
| Location: | New York, United States |
| Lecture Date: | 2006-08-16 (Archive) |
| Date Submitted: |
2006-07-24 |
| Announcement ID: |
152035 |
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The remarkable Margaret Hardenbroeck Philipse arrived in New Amsterdam from Holland in 1659, a brash and ambitious 22 year-old bent on making her way in the New World. She promptly built an empire of trading ships, furs, and real estate. The Dutch called such women "she-merchants," and Margaret became the wealthiest in the colony, while raising five children and keeping a spotless linen closet. Join us as Jean Zimmerman traces the astonishing rise of Margaret and the Philipse women who followed her, bringing us into the parlors, bedrooms, counting-houses and parties of early colonial America and vividly restoring a forgotten group of women to life. Book signing. Melville Gallery (213 Water Street between Fulton & Beekman). For more information call 212.748.8568.
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