LENOX, Mass. — Victoria Jennings Ross, an independent scholar who writes and lectures on art, architecture, and social history, will talk about several early Lenox feminists at Ventfort Hall's  Tea & Talk on Tuesday, June 18 at 4 pm. 

 

A tea will be served after her presentation.

 

According to a press release:

 

Three Lenox ladies, the Misses Kate Cary, Heloise Meyer and Mary de Peyster Carey, were all expert horsewomen, but they were also early feminists. Their financial independence and network of close female friendships allowed them to choose an unconventional life as bachelor maids, without men, marriage, or children. 

 

Victoria Jennings Ross has a master's degree in art history and a certificate in museum studies from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. After a forty-year career as a writer/editor and curatorial researcher at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the National Museum of American Art, Washington D. C.; and the Detroit Institute of Arts, she is an independent scholar who writes and lectures on art, architecture, and social history. In August 2020, the American Scholar published an article she wrote on sporting women in the Gilded Age ("Ahead of the Game," American Scholar, August 17, 2020), which is part of a larger manuscript on country resorts like Lenox at the turn of the century. 

 

Tickets are $40 for members and with advance reservation; $45 day of; $22 for students 22 and under. Ticket pricing includes access to the mansion throughout the day of this event from 10 am to 4 pm. Reservations are strongly encouraged as seats are limited. Walk-ins accommodated as space allows. For reservations visit https://gildedage.org/pages/calendar or call us at (413) 637-3206. Please note that all tickets are nonrefundable and non-exchangeable. The historical mansion is located at 104 Walker Street in Lenox.