=== Upcoming Events ===
We are now considering our schedule of presentations for 2025. If there are any topics that you would particularly like to see us cover, please let us know. Please leave a comment on this post, drop by, give us a call at 914.941.4393, or send us an email at mail@briarcliffhistory.org with your ideas/suggestions. We’ll do our best to incorporate them into our schedule.
We’re excited to announce that we’ve scheduled a presentation for Wednesday, May 21 at 7:00pm. It’s on the topic of:
THE BRIARCLIFF LODGE
It will be given by Mr. Robert Yasinsac, author of “Images of America. Briarcliff Lodge” and (with Thomas Rinaldi) “Hudson Valley Ruins. Forgotten Landmarks of an American Landscape”
Mr. Yasinsac is a lifelong Westchester resident who documents neglected historic sites throughout the Hudson Valley in an attempt to save them. He works for Historic Hudson Valley where he is the Program Manager for Philipsburg Manor and Sunnyside.
=== Past Events ===
Briarcliff History in the News
PBS Documentary Celebrates the Story of Former Briarcliff Resident Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt: Warrior for Women tells the story of Carrie Chapman Catt and her role in the fight for women’s suffrage. She devoted most of her life to the expansion of women’s rights and is recognized as one of the key leaders of the American women’s suffrage movement. Using her political and organizational skills, she was a major force behind the ratification of the nineteenth amendment to the U. S. Constitution 100 years ago on August 18, 1920.
The documentary was produced by PBS Iowa and you can view it by clicking on the play button to the left.
For nine years Catt lived in Briarcliff Manor on a 16-acre property that she named Juniper Ledge. During that time she not only celebrated the passage of the nineteenth amendment but also helped organize the League of Women Voters and founded the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War. To find out more about Carrie Chapman Catt as well as other key figures in the suffragette movement who lived in this area, see our Notebook article on "Local Suffragetes" by clicking on this link.
Writer David Propper reviews the role and activities of the Historical Society over the past 45 years through interviews with Board members and a discussion with Executive Director Karen Smith. Article also highlights some of the historic moments in village history and points to the goal of the Society to achieve permanent charter status from the State of New York.