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Somerset Hills AAUW April Program on Caroline Foster and Fosterfields Living Historical Farm

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. 

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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.

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For more information about AAUW, please contact Teri Passarello at 908-313-8421 or info@somersethillsaauw.org or click on http://somersethills-nj.aauw.net.

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