CRM Talks – Remarkable Women of Old Lyme

CRM Talks – Remarkable Women of Old Lyme
Live From the Boathouse
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
6:00 – 7:00 pm
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Non-Members $5.00

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Michaelle Pearson and Jim Lampos present Remarkable Women of Old Lyme

Situated on the Connecticut coast, about halfway between New York and Boston, the Town of Old Lyme has a rich history that is ever present in its landscape and people. Many of its most notable historic figures have been women, who played a central role in shaping the town’s character and development. The women of Old Lyme have been pioneers in politics, business, education, and the arts. Old Lyme’s illustrious history owes much to these innovative women.

Suffragist Katharine Ludington was a co-founder of the League of Women Voters. In the 1830s, Phoebe Griffin Noyes started a school for art and general subjects at her home. At the turn of the twentieth century, Florence Griswold welcomed the artists of the Lyme Art Colony by creating the “Birthplace of American Impressionism.” By World War II, Teddy Kenyon had made her mark as a test pilot. Old Lyme’s artistic tradition was continued by Elisabeth Gordon Chandler, who founded the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in 1976; and artist and curator of the Nut Museum, Elizabeth Tashjian.

Authors Michaelle Pearson and Jim Lampos honor the women whose triumphs made Old Lyme the popular summer resort and artists’ colony it is today.

Image Courtesy of Michaelle Pearson

CRM Talks 2023:
February 23, 2023: Elizabeth Normen, Venture Smith
March 21, 2023: Steve Taylor, Connecticut Valley Agriculture: A Continuum of Change
April 18, 2023: Dr. Akeia de Barros Gomes, Maritime History: Indigenous & African American
May 17, 2023: Michaelle Pearson and Jim Lampos: Remarkable Women of Old Lyme

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