Adult Programs

History seminars with Kathy Simmer

Explore fascinating topics from America’s past. Understand why something happened and how it changed our path, along with the juicy details usually left out of textbooks. Kathy is a retired teacher, a curriculum consultant, and licensed librarian.

Prophets and Pioneers: History of the Mormons

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormons, had an interesting influence on America’s history. Explore Joseph Smith’s founding of the faith and his murder, the issues between the Saints and their neighbors, polygamy, and the settlement of the kingdom of Zion in Utah. These were people of determination, efficiency and faith, as well as subjects of controversy and military action.

Location: community center

Registration deadline: one week before class

Pest Houses & Grave Robbers: 200 Years of Medicine in America

Grave robbing medical students, pest houses, penicillin - learn about the history of American medicine. What medical practices proved lethal, great epidemics and how prejudices and superstition impeded medical progress. Find out about breakthroughs that have increased our life expectancy, and practices to be wary of today.

Location: community center

Registration deadline: one week before class

Weak Minded Women?!

Learn about the decades of work that went into achieving the 19th Amendment. Women asked for the right to vote and were told that women’s minds were too weak to understand governing and politics. It was also argued that women’s suffrage would destroy their femaleness, their families, and God didn’t want them to vote.

Location: community center

Registration deadline: one week before class