We hope we can get a good crowd to attend our presentation on Tuesday, August 20th starting at 6:30 pm. Candace Summers will be at the library to talk about 'Lucy's Girls: Lucy Orme Morgan and the Girl's Industrial Home'.
Lucy Orme Morgan was a woman who was passionate about social welfare and was active in numerous philanthropic activities throughout her lifetime. However, her passion (and what would become the most distinguishable effort in her life) was the Girl's Industrial Home.
Founded in 1889, the Girl's Industrial Home was a place for dependent children who were neglected or had no one to care for them. It was an institution where girls would be taught useful things to prepare them for a life of independence when they were of age. To Lucy, it was her "hobby" to make it "a home and keep it as far as possible from being an institution." For more than 30 years, the Home flourished under her watchful eye. And because of her service to that institution, the board of the Home honored that service by renaming it as "The Lucy Orme Morgan Home" in 1929.
If you have an interest in history or orphans or just want to learn something new, I think you would enjoy this presentation. The McLean County Museum of History's speakers bureau does a wonderful job with the presentations they give and we are very lucky that they are willing to come to our community to talk to us.
We would love for you to register by stopping by the library or calling 309-527-4360. We ask for registration to help us plan the event. If you were giving a party, wouldn't you like to know how many people might be coming? You don't have to register, but it is nice to have your phone number or email in case we have to cancel the program for some reason.
Lucy Orme Morgan was a woman who was passionate about social welfare and was active in numerous philanthropic activities throughout her lifetime. However, her passion (and what would become the most distinguishable effort in her life) was the Girl's Industrial Home.
Founded in 1889, the Girl's Industrial Home was a place for dependent children who were neglected or had no one to care for them. It was an institution where girls would be taught useful things to prepare them for a life of independence when they were of age. To Lucy, it was her "hobby" to make it "a home and keep it as far as possible from being an institution." For more than 30 years, the Home flourished under her watchful eye. And because of her service to that institution, the board of the Home honored that service by renaming it as "The Lucy Orme Morgan Home" in 1929.
If you have an interest in history or orphans or just want to learn something new, I think you would enjoy this presentation. The McLean County Museum of History's speakers bureau does a wonderful job with the presentations they give and we are very lucky that they are willing to come to our community to talk to us.
We would love for you to register by stopping by the library or calling 309-527-4360. We ask for registration to help us plan the event. If you were giving a party, wouldn't you like to know how many people might be coming? You don't have to register, but it is nice to have your phone number or email in case we have to cancel the program for some reason.
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