The Gilded Age is notorious as a time of rampant political corruption and heavy-handed corporate intervention in elections. It was also a time when reformers ignited a reinvention of American democracy, changing how people voted, why people voted and how government worked. Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer T.J. Stiles looks at the often-surprising battles of Theodore Roosevelt and others, revealing both the underside of their efforts and the unexpected benefits as they laid the foundations for the republic we know today.
Live at the Great Hall of The Breakers and via Zoom video conference. Virtual attendance is available, you will receive your zoom link 24 hours in advance. Please arrive at The Breakers in time to be seated for the Lecture. Advance registration required.
$20 In-person attendance
$15 In-person attendance, members
$10 Zoom (members and non-members)
