The Life and Times of Tabitha Gilman Tenney
Classes & LearningArts & Culture
Date
Tue, Apr 6, 2027
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Where
From publicly posted calendar Checked yesterday
About this event
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One of 8 upcoming events at Exeter Historical Society, and 461 across Portsmouth.
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From Exeter Historical Society
Exeter native Tabitha Gilman Tenney, an early American novelist, worried that frivolous romantic novels encouraged excessive romanticism in young women. A sober and solemn person, Tenney wrote Female Quixotism— it seemed to be just such a romance, only to reveal itself as a cautionary tale with a tragic ending. Join EHS curator, Barbara Rimkunas, as we explore the world of Tabitha Gilman Tenney.
