“Remembering Notable Women of Windsor and Colesville”
April 16 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
The Broome County Historical Society
is pleased to present
“Remembering Notable Women of Windsor and Colesville”
by Eileen Ruggieri, Local Historian
Wednesday, April 16, 2025, at 6:30 p.m.
with light refreshments at 6:15 (NOTE CHANGE)
The program will be held in the Decker Community Room of Public Library, 185 Court Street, Binghamton, on Zoom at https://www.broomehistory.org/programs (opens in a new tab) , and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/broomehistory (opens in a new tab)
These women were educators, community leaders, farmers’ wives, historians; a poet and an 18th century language interpreter for missionaries and the Haudenosaunee people of Onaquaga. Old Onaquaga Historical Society President Eileen Ruggieri will tell the stories of these remarkable women, some of them well-known and yet others barely mentioned in local history sources.
Local historian Eileen Ruggieri has been engaged in the history of Windsor and Colesville for the past 25 years, finding and sharing the stories of people who contributed in meaningful ways to the betterment of their communities. She was instrumental in establishing the Windsor History Museum in the Town Hall and has served on the Historical Society’s Board of Officers for over 15 years.
The meeting is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Broome County Historical Society at (607) 778-2076.