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Sylvia Shults: 44 Years in Darkness
Date: June 27, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Event Description
Local author and folklorist Sylvia Shults returns to Washington District Library to speak about her latest book, 44 Years in Darkness: A True Story of Madness, Tragedy and Shattered Love. Rhoda Derry was committed by her family to an almshouse and lived in horrific conditions for forty years before being rescued by a doctor at the Peoria State Hospital. Expect a chilling history of mental health care and an intriguing look at our region at the turn of the twentieth century.
