Virtual Meet The Author Event With Diane Vogel Ferri

Post-civil war America could not keep pace with Emily Warren Roebling. She was one of those notable women in history who didn’t waste daylight waiting for public sentiment to approve of her non-traditional ambitions.

Considered the nations’s first female Field Engineer, she took over construction of the Brooklyn Bridge when her husband, the chief engineer, fell ill. She also studied law, travelled extensively and became a sought-after speaker who became determined to convince an incredulous world that women deserved equal rights.

Local author Diane Vogel Ferri chronicles the life and times of this 19th century suffragette in “No Life But This: A Novel of Emily Warren Roebling.” Ferri will be joining Lakewood Public Library for a virtual Meet the Author event at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 12, 2021 to talk about the book.

You can watch this program as well as other Meet the Author events on facebook.com/lakewoodpubliclibrary and twitter.com/lakewoodlibrary on Thursday evenings at 7:00 p.m.  If you miss the premiere, the videos will also be available on the Library’s website lakewoodpubliclibrary.org.