Crossroads of Rockland History: Queen of Bohemia, with Eve Kahn

2/16/2026

The February episode of "Crossroads of Rockland History" starts streaming on Monday, February 16, at 10 am, on all major podcast platforms and here on the HSRC website.

Tune in to the next Crossroads of Rockland History when will welcome author Eve Kahn as she returns to discuss her latest work ahead of her March presentation at Sloatsburg's Harmony Hall. The focus will be on her new book, Queen of Bohemia Predicts Own Death: Gilded-Age Journalist Zoe Anderson Norris (Fordham University Press).

If you’re unfamiliar with Zoe Anderson Norris (1860–1914), a notable journalist of the Gilded Age, you’re not alone: Eve Kahn is on a mission to bring her story to light. Norris was known for blending fact and fiction in her writings, often weaving autobiographical elements into her stories, which led to criticism for using her personal relationships as material. Despite this, she was deeply committed to exposing the struggles of New York’s poor through East Side, the magazine she launched and ran from 1909 to 1914. Remarkably, its final issue included Norris’s own prediction of her death, inspiring the dramatic title of Kahn’s book.

Eve Kahn’s presentation at Harmony Hall will take place on Sunday, March 8, at 2 pm. Tickets are $20 and benefit the restoration of the historic Jacob Sloat House.

Information and tickets are online here: https://www.friendsofharmonyhall.org/events-2/queen-of-bohemia-predicts-own-death-eve-kahn-returns

New episodes of "Crossroads of Rockland History," a program of the Historical Society of Rockland County, premier at www.RocklandHistory.org on the third Monday of each month. Join host Clare Sheridan as we explore, celebrate, and learn about our local history, with different topics and guest speakers. Our recorded broadcasts are also available for streaming on all major podcasts platforms.
 
The Historical Society of Rockland County is a nonprofit educational institution and principal repository for original documents and artifacts relating to Rockland County. Its headquarters are a four-acre site featuring a history museum and the 1832 Jacob Blauvelt House in New City, New York.