The Petticoat Society is a recreational living history group based in the Chicago area. Established in 2008 by a group of like-minded young women with a personal interest in nineteenth and early twentieth-century domestic life and material culture, the Petticoat Society has a sincere desire to educate the public through authentic living history interpretation. Our ladies strongly believe living history is the most effective tool not only to teach ourselves about life in the past, but to engage the public, fostering meaningful connections to historic events and lives. Through partnerships with other living history groups and local museums our hope is for the average person to come away from our events with a renewed interest in history, finding relevance in the authentic stories of the past and inspiration for life in the present.