Liz Warren, fourth-generation Arizonan, and director of the South Mountain Community College Storytelling Institute recounts the story of her iconic grandmother in “A Man Would Be a Fool to Take a Chance on Me”: Violet M. Irving of Skull Valley Arizona, Iconic Arizona Woman. Sponsored by the Friends of the White Tank Library and Arizona Humanities. Registration required.

Violet M. Irving, Liz Warren’s grandmother, spent most of her life in Skull Valley, Arizona, as the postmaster and owner of the general store. Born in 1900 in Walker, Vi was the daughter and granddaughter of miners. Her life spanned the century, and she witnessed statehood, two great wars, the Depression, and Rural Electrification first hand from her perch in south-west Yavapai County. Vi was an accomplished raconteur, and family meals always included many hours of stories about her life and that of her relatives and friends in Arizona’s mining and ranching country. This presentation will introduce listeners to the fascinating and irascible Violet through stories and pictures. Registration recommended.