Alexandra Rimer
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New Release
Seduced by the Light
(2023)
Seduced by the Light is the first and only biography of Mina Miller Edison, the wife of Thomas Edison, the woman who created and shaped the myth of one of the most seminal figures in America's history. The Thomas Edison we think we know was essentially created by Mina Miller Edison. Exhaustively researched by author Alexandra Rimer, a Rutgers faculty member and Assistant Editor at the Thomas Edison Papers, this account draws on unprecedented access to Edison family diaries, memoirs, and letters to look below the surface of the Edison family during the Gilded Age from the little-known perspective of this female protagonist.
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Alexandra Rimer’s biography of Thomas Edison’s second wife, Mina Miller Edison, offers important new insights into the inventor’s life. By exploring Mina’s own family relations, Rimer provides a richer understanding of the circumstances that led to their marriage and of the complicated family relationships of their own blended family. In addition, she offers a fascinating analysis of the important role Mina played in creating and perpetuating Edison’s public image
‘Fascicnating analysis of the important role Mina played in creating and perpertuatung Edison's public image'
Paul Israel
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Join Alexandra Rimer on June 19th at 7pm at the Livingston Library for a book talk and to buy a book!
Tuesday July 18th 2023, Hall of Philosophy, Chautauqua Institution, online and in-person
Book Talk and Signing With Alexandra Rimer, PM EST
Scarsdale Public Library
Book Talk with Alexandra Rimer
October 10, 2023, 7 pm
Millburn Public Library
October 16th, 2023,
Book Talk with Alexandra Rimer
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Maplewood New Jersey
Local Author Day
October 22, 2023 10:00 am - 5 pm
Wednesday, October 25th
Forest Hills Library
Book Talk with Alexandra Rimer
November 8th
Rutgers University
Celebration of Faculty Scholarship
November 30th
Fresh Meadows Library
Book Talk with Alexandra Rimer
February 14th
Fort Myers Women's Club
Book Talk with Alexandra Rimer
February 15th
Edison Ford Estate
Book Talk with Alexandra Rimer
March 13th, 12:30pm
Wayne Public Library
Book Talk with Alexandra Rimer
March 20th
West Caldwell Library
Book Talk with Alexandra Rimer
About Alexandra Rimer
Alexandra Rimer has been an Assistant Editor at the Thomas Edison Papers at Rutgers University since 2005. She is a co-recipient of the Eugene S. Ferguson Prize (Papers of Thomas A. Edison), Society for the History of Technology, 2005. She is also a frequent lecturer on Mina Miller Edison at the Thomas Edison National Historic Park in West Orange, New Jersey.