Dying, Disparity, and Eloquence: The Struggle to Live and Die in the Victorian Era

Name: Dying, Disparity, and Eloquence: The Struggle to Live and Die in the Victorian Era
Start: 2024-10-07T18:30:00-05:00
Location: 321 Wisconsin Ave, Waukesha, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53186

Mon Oct 07 2024 at 06:30 pm UTC-05:00

321 Wisconsin Ave, Waukesha, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53186 | Waukesha

Publisher/HostWaukesha Public Library

Dying, Disparity, and Eloquence: The Struggle to Live and Die in the Victorian Era

The Victorian Era brought the "beautification of death movement" resulting in garden cemeteries, ostentatious monuments, elaborate funerary rituals and beliefs, and other changes that deeply impacted Victorian mortuary practices. Join Samantha Zahn, Education Coordinator at the Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum, to learn more about the macabre, spiritual, and actuality of Victorian death rituals. Registration is not required.