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💀 How long have you been a member of the Mourning Society of St Louis and how did you get started?

I have been a member for approximately 5 years. I had read about an event they were hosting at Bellefontaine Cemetery, which I was really excited to attend! I showed up in a dress close to the 1910/teens era, and a parasol. I was asked if I would like to join. And of course, I did.

💀 What role do you play in the group?

I portray a Suffragist. My first time was at the Golden Lane event in downtown St. Louis, and most recently, at the St.Charles Missouri Bi Centennial in Frontier Park. I feel that learning about the Suffragist Movement is so important today- for people to know and appreciate what the women in their family, only a few generations ago, must have gone through. The right of women to vote was hard won.

💀 What is your favorite Mourning Society event?

It is a tough call, but personally, I love the Christmas Ghost Stories at the Bissell House. It's a lovely house, and it's so fun to go room to room with a different story to hear. It's so unique to hear ghost stories around Christmas time- I appreciate these sort of lost traditions from the past.

💀 What is your favorite topic that we cover at events?

Besides the Suffragist Movement, I must say, Epidemics. It is a subject that will make you appreciate modern sanitation and science like you never expected to.