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Special Virtual Tour: Tenement Bedrooms
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Free. While this program is free, you can donate to support future programming from the Tenement Museum following this link: https://www.tenement.org/donate-virtual-programs/Dates & Times
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This is a virtual event hosted on Zoom. It its recommended that you log on to the event at least 10 minutes prior to the event start time.
Description
For women’s history month, join us on a special virtual tour for an exploration of birth control and childbirth from the 1870s into the 1930s. We’ll trace the history of women’s reproductive health through the perspectives of two women who lived in 97 Orchard: Caroline Schneider—a German immigrant who helped operate a saloon, and Rosaria Baldizzi—an Italian immigrant who raised two children during the Great Depression. Through their stories, we’ll consider how immigrant women made decisions about contraception and childbirth in the United States and discuss influential movements and figures that impacted their reproductive choices.
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