Wolverhampton: The Extraordinary Story of Sabrina Sidney

Sabrina was at the bottom of the eighteenth-century pile; female, abandoned and illegitimate.  But then she was found chosen from one of the Thomas Coram Foundling Hospitals to become an Apprentice Wife: the subject of a unique experiment in education and matrimony undertaken by a gentleman named Thomas Day.

Friend to some of the men who powered both the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution, such as James Watt and Erasmus Darwin, Day believed the answer to society’s ills lay in education. A practical, rational and purposeful education that would breed up a new generation of Enlightenment wives. Sabrina would epitomise this education and in so doing, would become Mrs Thomas Day.

Presenter:  Kate Croft

Members and Visitors alike are welcome to join Wolverhampton group for this fascinating tale of the real life Pygmalion.

Doors open at 7.15 p.m. for a 7.30 p.m. meeting start.