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Mother’s Day Victorian Tea sponsored by the Alice Paul Institute Sunday, May 11, 2008 2 p.m.
Location: Paulsdale, 128 Hooton Rd., Mt. Laurel Price: $40 each Contact Name: Kris Myers Contact Phone: 856-231-1885 Contact E-mail: kmyers@alicepaul.org. Event Description:
Costume designer and historian Barbara Meyer Darlin presents “The Gibson Girl Friday Meets the Victorian Lady,” an on-stage transformation from society lady to the white-collar working girl of 1900.
Darlin demonstrates what it was like for Victorian women to go to work every day wearing corsets and layers of tight, restrictive clothing. She compares that life to a society lady’s leisurely lifestyle and glamorous but torturous fashions. She changes outfits from office clerk to wealthy lady, showing two completely different fashion looks from the turn-of-the-century, complete with unmentionables.
Tea, sandwiches and desserts will be served in Paulsdale’s parlor.
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Women's Medical Fund 13th Annual Spring Reception Thursday, May 15, 2008 5:30-7:30 PM
Location: World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Price: $50/ticket, $30 for 30 and under Contact Name: Susan Schewel, Executive Director, Women's Medical Fund Contact Phone: 215-564-4070 Contact E-mail: info@womensmedicalfund.org Website: www.womensmedicalfund.org Event Description:
You're invited to the 13th Annual Spring Reception honoring the recipient of the 2008 Rosi Jimenez Award, Rhona Copelon.
In 1980, as an attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, Copelon argued the landmark case of Harris v. McRae before the US Supreme Court. This was the ultimate challenge to the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits the use of Medicaid for abortion.
Reception features beer, wine, soft drinks, and hors d'oeuvres.
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