Women’s History Month Lecture

The Happy Revolution: The Educational Worlds of Early National Women

Dr. Lucia McMahon, Professor in the Department of History, Philosophy, and Liberal Studies at William Paterson University, joins us for this month’s lecture at the Dey Mansion!

The “happy revolution” was not in the American Revolution itself but rather the related developments that gave women access “to studies of a more elevated and elevating nature.”

This presentation will cover the educational journeys and intellectual aspirations of New Jersey women from this era.

Sponsored by the Passaic County Board of County Commissioners