Women In Prison On Roosevelt (Welfare) Island - Come To RIHS Fundraiser Theater Night With Performance Of Island Girls At Theater For The New City On Sunday January 19
The Roosevelt Island Historical Society (RIHS) is holding a Theater Night Fundraiser with a performance of Island Girls at the Theater For The New City on Sunday, January 19 at 3 PM. Tickets are $25. According to RIHS:
Island Girls: before Orange Is the New Black, women in 1927 were incarcerated in the Women’s Penitentiary on Welfare Island. A short ferry ride from the hustle and bustle of mid- town Manhattan, on what is now Roosevelt Island, the prison became a revolving door for many women from varying ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds who found themselves on the wrong side of the law. A newly-graduated social worker comes face to face with her own biases grounded in her white, upper class background while she gets to know the prisoners. Carefully researched, Island Girls brings to life examples of the unknown or forgotten stories of thousands of women of New York City nearly a century ago.For tickets and more information email rooseveltislandhistory@usa.com
