Stefani Koorey, Ph.D., Borden scholar, will be presenting a free lecture, titled
“Myth Busting Lizzie Borden: Facts on the Life of an Enigmatic Woman”
Presented by the Fall River Historical Society as part of their Lizzie A. Borden Lecture Series.
Lizzie Borden still fascinates. She intrigues us mostly because, even after 117 years, we know very little about her private life. After her acquittal for the murder of her father and stepmother, she remained in Fall River, Massachusetts, and spoke to no one publicly about the case ever again. And yet, there have been more than 30 so-called nonfiction accounts of her to appear in print. What exactly do we know about Lizzie A. Borden? And how has her particular story become more urban legend than authentic narrative?
Stefani Koorey, Ph.D. is a Borden expert and the publisher and editor of The Hatchet: A Journal of Lizzie Borden and Victorian America, in its 6th year of publication. She has been featured in the Discovery Channel’s recent documentary “Lizzie Borden Had an Axe,” and lectures far and wide on the subject. Her most recent discoveries of the portraits of Andrew Borden and his first wife Sarah, as well as the image of Emma Borden as a young woman and Lizzie Borden when she was a child, have helped to renew interest in this fascinating unsolved mystery.
WHEN: Monday, September 14, 2009, at 6:30 PM.
WHERE: Bristol Community College, Fall River, MA
Siegel Health Technologies Building
Room c111
For further information, visit the Fall River Historical Society
