Dr. Darla Shaw portrays Florence Powdermaker and tells the story of her sister Hortense, both Doctorates, who in the 1920s contributed greatly to their respective fields. Florence had a doctorate in medicine and psychiatry and Hortense was a doctor of anthropology. They lived on a 103-acre farm in Ridgebury for 30 years. Powdermaker Drive is named after them.
Read two of Florence Powdermaker’s books online.
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This little notebook opens another window into the life at the Peter Parley/West Lane Schoolhouse.
Third grade students from Branchville experience a one-room school with educators from the Ridgefield Historical Society
The virus came to town in September of 1918 and claimed the lives of Ridgefielders.
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