Welcome to the Somerset Hills Branch of AAUW

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Teri

AAUW is the oldest women’s organization in the USA. Our mission is to advance equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. We have general meetings and various interest groups. Our major fundraiser is our annual used book sale.

All members, even new ones, are encouraged to participate as board members, group chairs, convention attendees, and book sale workers, in order to get the most out of the AAUW experience.

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Somerset Hills AAUW Branch Program for April, 2012

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Teri

Caroline Foster and Fosterfields Living Historical Farm: A Life and a Legacy

The Somerset Hills Branch of AAUW will be sponsoring a talk by Rebecca Hoskins, Superintendent of Historic Site Education at the Morris County Park Commission, on Caroline Foster’s life and times and a history of her farm. The program will be held the Bernards Township Library on April 10, at 6:30 pm and is open to the public.
 
Caroline Foster, born in 1877, lived for 102 years on her estate farm in Morristown, New Jersey, dying in 1979. She grew up in the Victorian era in Morristown and interacted with the many wealthy families who lived there. At the same time she helped to oversee the 200-acre Jersey cattle breeding farm with her father, repairing machinery and helping with farm chores. She gave her property, Fosterfields, to the Morris County Park Commission to be maintained and interpreted as a Living Historical Farm, the first such designated farm in New Jersey. A book about Miss Foster and Fosterfields will be available for sale.

For more information about AAUW, please contact Teri Passarello at 908-313-8421 or info@somersethillsaauw.org.
 
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