West Hartford Women in Networking will host their November 2025 meeting in person, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025.

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West Hartford Women in Networking invites women to to their November meeting which will be in person at Chatfield / Brookdale, One Chatfield Drive, West Hartford, on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, from 7:30-9:30 a.m.

For 15 years, WWIN has been offering opportunities that empower and connect women. This session will be no exception and will consist of introductions, announcements and lots of networking.

Our special guest will be: Katie Kornacki, “Jeopardy” champion!

Dr. Kornacki will be speaking about her Jeopardy experience as well as the early history of the women’s club movement in the U.S. This movement began in the mid 19th century and became a social reform movement for various issues in the U.S. The clubs were involved in issues surrounding education, child labor, environmental protection, legal reforms, library creation and more. These clubs allowed women, who had little political power at the time, to gain influence in their communities.

Kornacki fulfilled a life-long dream of appearing on the quiz show Jeopardy back in June. She is a self-proclaimed “trivia nerd.” Professionally, she is a professor of English at Caldwell University, and also previously served as department chair and as director of the Honors Program. She specializes in 19th-century American literature, women’s literature, transcendentalism, and American studies.

Kornacki is also the former editor of Conversations: The Newsletter of the Margaret Fuller Society and appeared on an episode of the BBC World Service’s The Forum entitled, “Margaret Fuller: Early Feminist and War Correspondent.” She earned her PhD in Literature from UConn, during which time she also worked at the Stowe Center as an interpreter and front desk coordinator. Born in Hartford and raised in Massachusetts, she recently returned to Hartford where she now lives with her 4-year-old daughter, Anne. She looks forward to becoming an active member of the greater Hartford community.

The fee to attend is $2.

The meeting room is downstairs, to the left, when entering Chatfield. The address is One Chatfield Drive, and the building is located on New Britain Avenue.

Further information can be found on the website. RSVP to Dianne.Rechel@WestHartfordWomenInNetworking.com.

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