Seward Book Club Virtual Meeting

For October, the Seward Book Club will be reading, Lady First: The World of First Lady Sarah Polk (Penguin Random House, 2019). Much more than a gripping biography of First Lady Sarah Polk, this book takes readers into the worlds she inhabited, from the frontier, to slave quarters, to the parlors of Washington. In propelling her husband to the White House and shaping his expansionist policy, Polk became “the most powerful woman in America.” Lady First is by Amy Greenberg, Professor of History and Women’s Studies at Penn State University. The author of numerous books on nineteenth-century America, she has held fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Philosophical Society. Her book discussion with the SHM will take place on 10/29 at 7:00 PM on FB Live.