• Front Porch of the Garfield Home - site of 1880 presidential campaign

    James A Garfield

    National Historic Site Ohio

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Hat Wearing Ladies of Intellect and Industry in the Victorian Age

While the Victorian age may be more generally known for delicate ladies and fainting couches, author Cynthia Marek Lundeen invites you to explore the lives of Coco Chanel and Lilly Dache, whose intellect and industry created business empires founded on the creative design of fine millinery.

Hat making equipment from the era will be on display, including wooden hat blocks and several of First Lady Lucretia Garfield's own favorite hats. The author will be available to sign copies of her new book The Victorian and Edwardian Ladies Guide to Business and Millinery Style Book with Observations for the 21st Century.

This FREE program is at 1pm on Saturday, March 9 in the Visitor Center auditorium. No reservations are needed.

Did You Know?

Lucretia Garfield. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-25793 DLC

Queen Victoria of England sent a wreath for the state funeral of Garfield. Afterwards, Mrs. James A. Garfield had the white rose wreath dipped in wax and framed. It is over 130 years old and can be viewed in the Memorial Vault.