Skip to main content
close
Font size options
Increase or decrease the font size for this website by clicking on the 'A's.
Contrast options
Choose a color combination to give the most comfortable contrast.
A person stands in front of a bookshelf and smiles at the camera.

The Founding Mothers

2026-03-18 18:30:00 2026-03-18 20:00:00 America/Chicago The Founding Mothers The "Founding Mothers" of America aren't mentioned often. Join Laura Keyes of Historic Voices as she shares their history, bravery, and surprising legacies! Santori Library - Meeting Room 125/126 Combined

Wednesday, March 18
6:30pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2026-03-18 18:30:00 2026-03-18 20:00:00 America/Chicago The Founding Mothers The "Founding Mothers" of America aren't mentioned often. Join Laura Keyes of Historic Voices as she shares their history, bravery, and surprising legacies! Santori Library - Meeting Room 125/126 Combined

Santori Library

Meeting Room 125/126 Combined

The "Founding Mothers" of America aren't mentioned often. Join Laura Keyes of Historic Voices as she shares their history, bravery, and surprising legacies!

The “Founding Mothers” of America aren’t mentioned often – the women whose influence on the early years of the United States reverberated for centuries afterwards. While many of us remember reading something about Martha Washington and Abigail Adams, there are so many more women to admire. Whether they assisted in the years-long Revolutionary War, or had one brief moment of heroism, their actions had long-lasting and nation-building effects. Learn about soldiers, writers, printers, scholars, farmers, artists, and spies – all women, and all vital to our nation’s history.

This Illustrated Lecture focuses on the remarkable women who had a first-hand view of the founding of our nation, and whose stories need to be shared. Join Laura Keyes as she shares their history, their bravery, and their surprising legacies. 

Laura Keyes graduated from UW-Madison with a Master’s Degree in Library Studies, and has been portraying women from history and lecturing on historic topics for over fifteen years. In her non-existent spare time, Laura is a wonderful baker and accomplished vocalist.

Please visit her websites for more information: 

www.HistoricVoices.info

https://www.facebook.com/HistoricVoices 

https://www.linkedin.com/company/historic-voices/

Santori Library

Phone: 630-264-4117
Branch manager
Tom Spicer

Hours
About the branch

A state-of-the-art center for technology, information, literacy creativity and community. Equipped with a Makerspace, local history and genealogy room, teen space, and study rooms.

 

Upcoming events