Sewickley Valley Historical Society Winter Tea
About this Event
Join SVHS on Saturday, February 1, 2025 for our Winter Tea Sponsored by Mark Rengers Gallery, SVHS is happy to announce the return of its popular Winter Tea -- a SOLD OUT event in 2024! All are welcome to this event -- you do not need to be a member of SVHS to buy a ticket and attend, it is open to the public! New this year: - Select your seat at the time of purchase. Purchase early and enjoy the day close to your friends and loved ones. - A special pop-up exhibit of historic hats from the Collections at SVHS. - Guests strongly encouraged to wear their own best tea party millinery -- hats, fascinators, headpieces, chapeau, etc! Prize to be awarded to the best decorated noggin! Returning this year: - Winter Tea Basket Raffle - Special Guest Speaker -- Eliza Smith Brown, author of “She Devils at the Door." - Allegheny Country Club High Tea Menu - Warm Chippewa Soup - Assorted Tea Sandwiches - Scones with Jelly and Clotted Cream - Fruit - Cookies - Tea and Coffee - Mug and drink voucher combo -- this year available to reserve at the time of ticket purchase! Special Guest Speaker -- this year we welcome Eliza Smith Brown, author of “She Devils at the Door.” About our special presentation: From Carnegie Mellon University Press -- Sometimes troublemakers emerge from the most unlikely of places. "She Devils at the Door" tells the true story of two formidable sisters, Lucy and Eliza Kennedy, who came of age in Gilded Age Pittsburgh, graduated from Vassar College, and became leaders of the suffrage movement. But they didn’t stop after women won the vote in 1920. Instead, they spent 40 years fighting corruption in local government. Amidst our current climate of civic skulduggery, these two uncommon women bear the hallmarks of folk heroes, armed with sufficient moxie to battle the gritty, scandal-ridden political machine with tenacity and wit. Join SVHS on Saturday, February 1, 2025 when we welcome Eliza Smith Brown to share the Kennedy sisters' incredible story. Purchase your ticket today before they sell out!