Southern Arizona Region: Jane Austen: Working Woman

Celebrating "Jane Austen: Working Woman" with a Birthday Tea

“I must keep to my own style & go on in my own Way.”

Join the Southern Arizona Region for our annual Jane Austen Birthday Tea and a special presentation by JASNA Past President Liz Philosophos Cooper on "Jane Austen: Working Woman." The event will be held at the J.W. Marriott Starr Pass, the site of JASNA's 2026 AGM.

Jane Austen was a working woman and determined professional writer. This illustrated talk will explore Austen’s involvement in the business of publishing novels during a time of rampant financial instability. The Austen family were active participants in both war and finance and these two sectors intertwined in the story of Jane Austen’s writing and publishing.

Liz Philosophos Cooper was JASNA President from 2018-2022. Liz is a second-generation JASNA member who fell in love with Austen’s work as a high school student. A member of JASNA since 1992, she served as JASNA’s Vice-President for Regions for six years starting in 2012 and Regional Coordinator of Wisconsin before that. A popular speaker, she has been a contributing writer to Jane Austen’s Regency World magazine and co-edits the Wisconsin Region’s A Year with Jane Austen calendar. She has also published in Persuasions. 

Register Now! Registration is $35 per person and closes on December 4, 2024.  

For more information, please email Regional Coordinator Holly Eckelbarger at JASNA.SouthernAZ@outlook.com.  

If you have dietary restrictions or allergies, please email JASNA.SouthernAZ@outlook.com once you have registered.