Tea with Cordelia Harvey

Join us for an afternoon of tea, sweets & savory finger foods as Jessica Michna brings us an historic portrayal of Cordelia Harvey: Angel in a Gray Bonnet, to the stage in Caldwell Hall at Old World Wisconsin. Cordelia Harvey came to Wisconsin as a young girl, trained as a school mistress. She would meet and marry Louis Harvey, who would rise to become Governor of Wisconsin. Cordelia's life unraveled when she was widowed after less than three months in the Governor's Mansion. Her husband's tragic drowning left Cordelia rudderless and without purpose. She would set aside her grief to become the healing angel of a nation wracked by civil war.