Monday, April 6 at 7:00 PM
Marrying the most eligible, wealthiest bachelor of the 1910s didn’t guarantee you social success. That was the dilemma of Laura Mae McMartin, the most motivated social climber of her day. When Cleveland’s playboy Jimmy Corrigan met Laura, his huge inheritance couldn’t be touched until his 40th birthday. Price McKinney, the trustee holding the key, considered the married former waitress an obvious gold-digger. When Jimmy married her anyway, McKinney influenced Cleveland’s upper crust to turn their backs on the couple. But that was just the first round in a battle of wills that cost McKinney his life and resulted in Laura getting all the money and the last laugh! Call the library at (440) 944-6010, or register above.
