Susan Fen­ster is a Buf­fa­lo State Uni­ver­si­ty grad­u­ate in jour­nal­ism and his­to­ry. A news­pa­per jour­nal­ist, man­ag­ing edi­tor, and play­wright, she co-found­ed Eve Mag­a­zine in 2002, a quar­ter­ly for women in WNY. She serves as chair of the Williamsville His­tor­i­cal Preser­va­tion Com­mis­sion, is a schol­ar at the Buf­fa­lo and Erie Coun­ty His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety, and a geneal­o­gist. This is her third non­fic­tion book.