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Love and Conductivity: The Untold Story of Eleanor Morgan and Thomas Phipps

Thu, Sep 18

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Champaign Public Library

Love and Conductivity: The Untold Story of Eleanor Morgan and Thomas Phipps
Love and Conductivity: The Untold Story of Eleanor Morgan and Thomas Phipps

Time & Location

Sep 18, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Champaign Public Library, 200 W Green St, Champaign, IL 61820, USA

About the event

Set in the aftermath of World War I, Love and Conductivity introduces Eleanor Morgan

(1895-1967), a teacher of poetry whose dreams of adventure light up her life, leaving no room

for thoughts of romance. That is, until a fateful chance encounter with Thomas Erwin Phipps

(1895-1990), a physical chemist and Army lieutenant, ignites a connection she cannot shake.


Across the barriers of distance, duty, and mutual fear of vulnerability, their ensuing five-year

correspondence breathes new life into an era of profound historical significance, via an


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