Program Type:
History & GenealogyAge Group:
Adults- Registration is required for this event.
- Registration will close on February 18, 2026 @ 5:00pm.
Program Description
Event Details
Join us to celebrate a truly notable Wisconsin woman this Women's History Month with First Impressions very own Jessica Michna, who'll be presenting as Cordelia Harvey.
Find more information about this presentation in this description from First Impressions:
"Cordelia Perrine Harvey came to Wisconsin as a young school mistress. She would meet and marry Louis Harvey, who would rise to the governorship of Wisconsin. Cordelia’s life unraveled when she was widowed after less than three months in the Governor’s Mansion. Her husband’s tragic drowning left Cordelia rudderless and without purpose. She would set aside her grief to become the healing angel of a nation wracked by civil war. Some consider her the mother of the modern Veteran's Administration."
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