Book Launch: "Schooling a Nation" by Jennifer Rycenga
FREE Book Launch event for Dr. Jennifer Rycenga's book "Schooling the Nation: The Success of the Canterbury Academy for Black Women."
Join Dr. Jennifer Rycenga and museum staff for conversation, book sales & signing, light refreshments, access to the museum exhibit (Canterbury Female Boarding School: Courage, Conscience, & Continuance), and a short talk by Rycenga about the school and its place in a truly multi-racial and multi-gender understanding of America.
The event is FREE, but pre-registration is recommended because space is limited. Registration options include free registration or registration with a paid book pre-order option.
Free registration to the event does not include book purchase. Books can be purchased on-site the day of the event. Books will be available for pick-up at the Prudence Crandall Museum the day of the event or afterwards.
Please note that If you are unable to attend the event to have your book signed the museum will not be able to provide special book dedications beyond Dr. Rycenga's signature. Contact [email protected] to arrange for pick-up after the event. The museum is unable to ship books at this time.
For more information email [email protected] or visit the museum’s website: https://portal.ct.gov/ecd-prudencecrandallmuseum.
