Retiree Members Roundtable Chair Program Featuring Pulitzer Prize Winning Debby Applegate

Abstract/Program Book Description: RMRT welcomes Pulitzer Prize author Debby Applegate. She will speak about her latest book, MADAM, The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age. Applegate on CBS Sunday Morning speaking about the book.

During the Roaring '20s, F. Scott Fitzgerald said, the word "jazz" went from first meaning sex, to then dancing, and then music. You could get all three at NYC madam Polly Adler's, where sex, dancing and music was also the order of priorities for her patrons.

The biography discusses an America bursting into the modern age, with new roles for women and new rules for couples.

Long Description/Scheduler Description: The Retiree Members Roundtable invites all conference attendees to join us for our Chair Program. We are delighted to have Pulitzer Prize winning author Debby Applegate. She will speak about her latest book, MADAM, The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age. Both she and the book were featured on CBS Sunday Morning.

During the Roaring '20s, F. Scott Fitzgerald said, the word "jazz" went from first meaning sex, to then dancing, and then music. You could get all three at New York madam Polly Adler's, where sex, dancing and music was also the order of priorities for her patrons.

The biography is also a story of America bursting into the modern age, with new roles for women, new rules for couples, and parties that flowed into rooms down the hall.

This will surely be an entertaining and informative session. .