The 2005 ASH Autumn Members Meeting

On November 4, Adventuresses and other female Sherlockians gathered at La Prima Donna. The traditional toasts were given by Mickey Fromkin (the Queen), Francine Kitts (Irene), Judith Freeman (Holmes), Nancy Dean (Watson), Carol Fish (ACD), and Susan Rice (Friendship). Peter Blau once again honored “A Unique Canonical Woman,” while Kate Karlson toasted “Where It Is Always 1895.” Sue Vizoskie, Lynn Walker, and M.E. Rich provided seasonal toasts related to November. Many of the toasts will be appearing in this and subsequent issues of the Muse. As always, the evening ended in the traditional ASH songs.

As everyone was leaving, Principal Unprincipled Adventuress Evelyn Herzog spotted the framed portrait of the eponymous “Prima Donna” (left) with this impressive notation: “The first woman in the world to be awarded a University Degree (prima donna laureata) June 25, 1678. She was Venetian Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia, born 1646.”

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