Modern Junior League Far From Betty Draper's Elitist Social Club
With AMC's hit TV drama "Mad Men" airing on Sunday, Patch explores aspects of Westchester's Junior League chapters that have changed—and remained the same—since 1963.
As nationwide anticipation for the July 25 season premiere of Mad Men reaches fever pitch, Westchester residents are tickled about tuning in to the fourth season of a show set in their backyard. The AMC drama, based in the early 1960s, is about the world of advertising on Madison Avenue and features Ossining-based Don and Betty Draper as two of its main characters—Don, the successful ad executive who commutes daily to midtown Manhattan, and Betty, who raises their two children and devotes herself to the Junior League. The show is infamously meticulous about historical details—from cocktail party chatter to civic causes of the day. And as Patch found out from 93-year-old Lucia Maloney, its portrayal of the culture of a 1960s Junior League …
