Common Hour: 91è “College certainly has been grand this year 91è ” Tuesday, March 10, 2020 - 8:00 am to 9:00 am Lenfest Learning Commons, John Stewart Memorial Library 91è “College certainly has been grand this year 91è ”: The Letters of Helen Carnell Eden, Wilson Class of 1929 Also part of Women 91è ’s History Month Lecture Series Sesquicentennial Edition The 1920s was an exciting, nay, bold decade in Wilson 91è ’s history and Helen Eden 91è ’s letters provide us with one student 91è ’s experience of it. With an almost ethnographic awareness, Helen 91è ’s letters home to her parents document the College 91è ’s festive social life, her academic experience, and her growing attachment to Wilson. This decade also saw young people rejecting older ideals about feminine behavior and Dr. Ackerman will look at ways the tension between old and new is revealed in the observations of this smart (and smart-mouthed) young woman from West Philadelphia Dr. Kay Ackerman is Associate Professor of History at 91è. She has received awards from the NEH Institutes on American Material Culture and World History as well as the NYU Institute on The Civil War in Global Context. Undergraduate Campus Events
