{"id":11208,"date":"2014-03-14T09:04:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T13:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=11208"},"modified":"2014-03-07T21:06:57","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T02:06:57","slug":"19th-century-female-trailblazer-to-come-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=11208","title":{"rendered":"19th-century female trailblazer to come alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><em><strong>\u2018History on Tap\u2019 puts women\u2019s rights champion Ann Preston in spotlight<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11209\" style=\"width: 301px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0819.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11209\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11209 \" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"Laurie Rofini, director of Chester County Archives and Records Services, will lead a \u201cHistory on Tap\u201d program on Ann Preston, a 19th-century pioneer, on March 18.\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0819-291x300.jpg\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0819-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0819-993x1024.jpg 993w, https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_0819-900x927.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laurie Rofini, director of Chester County Archives and Records Services, will lead a \u201cHistory on Tap\u201d program on Ann Preston, a 19th-century pioneer, on March 18.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A 19<sup>th<\/sup>-century pioneer of women\u2019s rights and female medical education will come to life at a West Chester restaurant on Tuesday, March 18, at 6:30 p.m., courtesy of the Chester County Historical Society (CCHS).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>CCHS\u2019s \u201cHistory on Tap\u201d series, which brings history to the casual atmosphere of area bars and restaurants, will present a program on Ann Preston (1813-1872) at<\/p>\n<p>Doc Magrogan\u2019s Oyster House in West Chester. CCHS staff member and Director of Chester County Archives and Records Services Laurie Rofini will explore Preston\u2019s life as an abolitionist, a fierce advocate for women\u2019s rights and temperance, a published author, and one of the first American women to receive a medical degree.<\/p>\n<p>The program is free, and food and drink will be available for purchase. \u201cHistory on Tap\u201d is sponsored by\u00a0Susquehanna Bank and WCHE 1520AM, with a portable sound system courtesy of Colleen and Basel Frens, and in partnership with the 1893s (Chester County Historical Society Young Friends\u00a0Association.<\/p>\n<p>Doc Magrogan\u2019s Oyster House is located at 117 E. Gay St., West Chester, 19380. For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?t=sbe6k6pab.0.0.bi7sv7bab.0&amp;id=preview&amp;r=3&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.docmagrogans.com%2F\">http:\/\/www.docmagrogans.com<\/a><b>.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018History on Tap\u2019 puts women\u2019s rights champion Ann Preston in spotlight A 19th-century pioneer of women\u2019s rights and female medical education will come to life at a West Chester restaurant on Tuesday, March 18, at 6:30 p.m., courtesy of the Chester County Historical Society (CCHS). CCHS\u2019s \u201cHistory on Tap\u201d series, which brings history to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,25,450],"tags":[4192,2637,3433,1221],"class_list":["post-11208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-community","category-events-2","tag-chester-county-archives-and-records-services-laurie-rofini","tag-chester-county-historical-society-cchs","tag-doc-magrogans-oyster-house","tag-history-on-tap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}