Jeffco League of Women Voters Annual Meeting/State Historian Patty Limerick
01 Apr 2016 21:50 #1
by Mountain-News-Events
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release
March 30, 2016
Contact: Ellen Stiner
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Reservation deadline April 15
State Historian Patty Limerick to speak at LWV Annual Meeting
The public is invited to join the League of Women Voters of Jefferson County for its Tuesday, April 26, Annual Meeting at the Historic Molly Brown Summer House, 2690 S. Wadsworth Blvd. (northeast corner of Wadsworth Boulevard and Yale Avenue), Denver 80227. Guest speaker is Colorado’s new state historian Patty Limerick who will speak about her passions and explore the history of Colorado. She also is a history professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and faculty director and chairwoman of the school’s Center for the American West.
When asked by CPR News, “What is the least understood aspect of Colorado history?” she said she would like to shed more light on the continued significance of American Indians. She explained that while the reservations are on the Western Slope, many people who moved to the Front Range from other states may not realize that some of their neighbors are Indian people and “…there’s no more interesting place to look at resource development than the Southern Utes,”
The Molly Brown Summer House was built in 1897 by J.J. and Margaret “Molly” Brown who christened the property Avoca Lodge after a Thomas Moore poem “The Meeting of the Waters.” Born to poor Irish immigrants, Molly Brown became a legend in her own time as the wife of a wealthy entrepreneur and also as one of the survivors of the Titanic disaster. She also was an actress, activist and philanthropist.
The event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and includes a business meeting and lunch. Cost is $27 per person and checks payable to LWVJeffco must be mailed to the League of Women Voters of Jefferson County, 1425 Brentwood St., suite 7, Lakewood 80214 by Friday, April 15. A Summer House tour is available after the meeting for $8. For more information, call the League at 303-238-0032 or visit www.lwvjeffco.org .
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PRESS RELEASE For immediate release
March 30, 2016
Contact: Ellen Stiner
303-526-7446 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Reservation deadline April 15
State Historian Patty Limerick to speak at LWV Annual Meeting
The public is invited to join the League of Women Voters of Jefferson County for its Tuesday, April 26, Annual Meeting at the Historic Molly Brown Summer House, 2690 S. Wadsworth Blvd. (northeast corner of Wadsworth Boulevard and Yale Avenue), Denver 80227. Guest speaker is Colorado’s new state historian Patty Limerick who will speak about her passions and explore the history of Colorado. She also is a history professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and faculty director and chairwoman of the school’s Center for the American West.
When asked by CPR News, “What is the least understood aspect of Colorado history?” she said she would like to shed more light on the continued significance of American Indians. She explained that while the reservations are on the Western Slope, many people who moved to the Front Range from other states may not realize that some of their neighbors are Indian people and “…there’s no more interesting place to look at resource development than the Southern Utes,”
The Molly Brown Summer House was built in 1897 by J.J. and Margaret “Molly” Brown who christened the property Avoca Lodge after a Thomas Moore poem “The Meeting of the Waters.” Born to poor Irish immigrants, Molly Brown became a legend in her own time as the wife of a wealthy entrepreneur and also as one of the survivors of the Titanic disaster. She also was an actress, activist and philanthropist.
The event is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and includes a business meeting and lunch. Cost is $27 per person and checks payable to LWVJeffco must be mailed to the League of Women Voters of Jefferson County, 1425 Brentwood St., suite 7, Lakewood 80214 by Friday, April 15. A Summer House tour is available after the meeting for $8. For more information, call the League at 303-238-0032 or visit www.lwvjeffco.org .
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