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Buffalo Niagara Chapter - The Women from Buffalo and Western New York Who Were "First"

Buffalo Niagara Chapter - The Women from Buffalo and Western New York Who Were "First"

Author: Communications Committee/Thursday, October 22, 2015/Categories: Chapter Events

Event date: 3/2/2016 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Export event

The women from Buffalo and Western New York who were “first.”
March is Women’s History Month and we will showcase the women from our region who were the “first.” Did you know Louise Bethune was the first American woman to have worked as a professional architect? (She designed Buffalo’s Hotel Lafayette.) Discover Anna Katharine Green, “the mother of the detective novel” and many other women local women who broke new territory. We’ll also feature St. Bonaventure University’s “March Madness” women’s handicapping contest.

Location: 20th Century Club

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