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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Janis Robinson Daly: "The Unlocked Path"
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this presentation by Massachusetts-based author 
 Janis Robinson Daly\, as she discusses her new novel\, The Unlocked Path\, 
 and how her own genealogy research inspired her to write it.\n\nMeet a New 
 Woman of the early 20th century: educated\, career minded\, independent 
 Eliza Pearson Edwards. In 1897 Philadelphia\, after witnessing her aunt's 
 suicide\, Eliza rejects her mother’s wishes for a society debut\, and at 
 a time when five percent of doctors are female\, she enters a woman’s 
 medical college. With the support of a circle of women and driven by a 
 determination to conquer curriculum demands\, battle sexism\, and overcome 
 doubts\, Eliza charts her new life path.\n\nOrganic Chemistry may slay 
 her\, if the strain of endless study\, odoriferous labs\, and gruesome 
 surgeries don’t claim her first. As a young intern\, she summons a 
 forthright\nconfidence asserting her abilities to those mistrustful of a 
 woman doctor. Through her work with poverty stricken patients\, she defines 
 her version of suffrage work to champion women’s rights for and beyond 
 the right to vote. Love is found\, love is lost. When global events devolve 
 into chaos with the 1918 influenza pandemic and a world war\, Eliza renews 
 her vow to combine science and sympathy\, triumphing to help and heal 
 herself and others.\n\nAfter a career in sales and marketing and raising 
 two boys active in sports\, right through the college level\, Janis 
 Robinson Daly asked the age-old question\, Now what? She didn’t spend 
 long looking for my answer. She found it within the return hits from a 
 genealogy search on her great-great-grandfather\, William S. Peirce\, 
 Esquire. From FamousAmericans.net: He took an active part in founding the 
 Woman’s Medical College in Philadelphia.\n\nInspired by that line\, more 
 research ensued\, and a story and characters formed. The early graduates of 
 the Woman’s Medical College have remained in the shadows. Their stories 
 needed to be told. With a love of history\, she balanced a need for 
 authenticity and details with a flair to create emotional connections to 
 fictional characters.\n\nWhile her family has roots in Philadelphia\, she 
 is a Boston girl through and through\, from her accent to the cans of baked 
 beans in her pantry\, to the New England Patriots flag that hangs over 
 their driveway every fall. She grew up outside of Boston and remained in 
 Massachusetts\, graduating with a B.A. in Psychology from Wheaton College\, 
 at the time\, an all-women’s college. At Wheaton\, she developed a fond 
 appreciation of the supportive relationships established between students\, 
 faculty\, and alumnae and a heightened awareness of female-centric issues. 
 Both directed her writing of The Unlocked Path.\n\nWith a plot and themes 
 sketched\, she enrolled in a creative writing course sponsored by Wesleyan 
 University to hone her skills. Combining years of extensive research and 
 feedback from writers’ conferences and a series of beta readers\, she 
 polished her manuscript and readied it for publication with Black Rose 
 Writing.\n\nSplitting her time between Cape Cod\, New Hampshire\, Florida 
 and hotels along Route 95\, a tablet became her Kindle library and desk\, 
 packed into a travel bag for reading and writing wherever she might land. 
 Her husband\, along with their rescue pup\, has willingly\, and luckily\, 
 also embraced this nomadic lifestyle. More adventures beckon her to 
 document other women in history whose stories need to be 
 discovered.\n\nCopies of the book will be available for purchase and 
 signing at the event.
ORGANIZER;CN="Mark Pinto":MAILTO:mpinto@ccls.org
CATEGORIES:Adults
CONTACT;CN="Mark Pinto":MAILTO:mpinto@ccls.org
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