HISTORY SERIES
Wonderful Women of the Miami Valley
Thursday, October 24, 2024
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
The Dayton Woman’s Club, 225 North Ludlow St, Dayton, OH 45402
$10 per person
Light snacks provided
ADVANCE TICKET PURCHASE
REQUIRED
Members may call 937-228-1124 to pay by check
Meet some of Dayton’s most interesting and exciting women in history!
Local historian Angie Hoschouer Berghuis will tell us about homemaker-turned-author Erma Bombeck; madam and real estate owner Lib Hedges; a visionary for the physically handicapped and disabled Anna Barney Gorman; Queen of the Gypsies, Matilda Stanley; librarian innovator Electra C. Doren; Dayton historical author Charlotte Reeve Conover; rodeo rider Marquerite Doane; famous actress and woman scorned, Mrs. Leslie Carter; youngest Miss America in history, Marion Bergeron Ruhlman Setzer and many more.
About Angie Hoschouer Berghuis
Angie Hoschouer Berghuis is a historian, public speaker, community volunteer, and a lifelong Daytonian. She is a member of the Heritage Committee at First Baptist Church which is celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2024 and is currently the neighborhood liaison for Grafton Hill Neighborhood Association and Preservation Dayton.
Additionally, she was the former development and marketing manager at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum for nine years. While there, she created 22 programs and tours and researched hundreds of Daytonians resting peacefully in the cemetery.
She has served on boards and committees or participated in the following community associations: Randolph Twp. Historical Society, Dayton Region Walk of Fame, University of Dayton Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Sinclair Community College—College of Lifelong Learning, and Aviation Trail, Inc.
Please invite your friends — all are welcome to attend this public event!