YWCA Southeastern Massachusetts

In celebration of Women’s History Month, please join the YWCA for a costumed reading of “When Hetty Met Lizzie” presented by Education Enterprises.

New Bedford's Hetty Green and Fall River's Lizzie Borden, perhaps the two most infamous women to ever come out of Southeastern Massachusetts, were contemporaries in both time and place.

Hetty Green was the richest woman in the world having inherited a whaling family fortune which she with skill and guile multiplied at least ten times, all in a day when women were not accepted in the business world and certainly not on Wall Street.

Although she was found not guilty, Lizzie Borden gained infamy when she was accused of the axe murders of her father and stepmother in a case that remains unsolved to this day and is one of the most debated criminal trials in American history.

We have no knowledge of these two women being acquainted but to imagine what their conversations might have involved is the intriguing premise of this one act play.

Written by Irene Duprey-Gutierrez and featuring Cheryl Day as Hetty and Edie Langevin as Lizzie, “When Hetty Met Lizzie” will be hosted on the stage of the YWCA’s historic Levi Standish House, 20 South Sixth Street, New Bedford.
Thursday, March 13th, 6:00 pm
Friday, March 14th, 7:00 pm
Saturday, March 15th, 7:00 pm
Sunday, March 16th, 2:00 pm

Tickets are $10.00/person.  Proceeds will benefit YWCA programs and services.  For tickets, please call 508-999-3255.

YWCA Southeastern Massachusetts

The YWCA Southeastern Massachusetts was founded in 1911.  The Mission of the YWCA speaks to the elimination of racism and the empowerment of women.  The YWCA has undergone major changes nationally, regionally and locally, but it has continued “to create opportunities for women’s growth leadership and power” since its inception. 

The organization adopted its One Imperative in 1970, “to thrust our collective power toward the elimination of racism wherever it exists and by any means necessary” and continues to work to that goal internally and throughout its service area.  The Board of Directors and staff reflect the diversity of the area with a concentrated effort to have many locales served.

The YWCA Southeastern Massachusetts serves the region surrounding Greater New Bedford including communities south of Brockton, east to Provincetown and west to Attleboro.  The YWCA is one of 300 local associations of the YWCA USA, incorporated individually and operated autonomously by a Board of Directors elected by the general membership.

The programs and services of the YWCA Southeastern Massachusetts are identified in five areas.  They are Advocacy, Adult Services, Wellness for Women and Girls, the Women’s Collaborative Project and Youth Services.

Mission:

The YWCA is a women’s membership movement nourished by its roots in the Christian faith and sustained by the richness of many beliefs and values. 

Strengthened by diversity, the Association draws together members who strive to create opportunities for women’s growth, leadership and power in order to attain a common vision:  Peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all people.

The Association will thrust its collective power toward the elimination of racism wherever it exists and by any means necessary.

Please visit us online at: http://www.ywca.org

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