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Join us Thursday, June 24, 2010 5-8 PM for the Opening Reception for
Road to Equality:
The Struggle for Women's Rights in the Northwest
The Clark County Historical Museum will open their newest exhibit, Road to Equality: The Struggle for Women's Rights in the Northwest on Thursday, June 24, 2010 , with a reception from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m . This new exhibit continues our recognition of the centennial of Washington State women gaining (and keeping) the right to vote in 1910. (Oregon women gained their right to vote in 1912.) Reception attendees will have the opportunity to make their own political buttons about issues of personal interest and vote on the Equal Rights Amendment while mingling with some of Vancouver's legendary ladies as played by the Vancouver Heritage Ambassadors. This exhibit will also launch the museum's first use of the Guide by Cell program which enables museum visitors to access additional information throughout the exhibit by using their cell phones. The program will also enable visitors to provide the museum with feedback about this newly created exhibit. Light refreshments will be served; the reception is free and open to the public. From the victory of the 19 th Amendment to the struggle to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, many women – and men as well – worked their entire adult lives to secure women's rights. Today, in the Northwest and across the United States, women have made inroads into formerly male-dominated fields including politics and commerce, but it has been a long road and large disparities still remain. This exhibit will challenge as well as educate and entertain as you learn more about some of the Northwest's heroines from pioneer times until today. Road to Equality will run through December 31, 2011. During the 18 month exhibition we will host a number of related public programs that will be held in conjunction with this exhibit so check in with museum staff or this website for upcoming details and scheduling information. This exhibit was made possible due to the generous support of Margaret Colf Hepola, The Vancouver Business Journal and The Columbian. |
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Join us in 2009 when the Clark County Historical Museum hosts the Centennial Celebration of its Carnegie Library Building.
Also in 2009, the museum, located in the former beaux arts-style Carnegie Library Building since 1964, celebrates its 45th anniversary. (The Clark County Historical Society, the governing branch of the museum, was founded in 1917.)
The building is one of 2,509 libraries built between 1883 and 1929 by 19th-century industrialist Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919). (Forty-three Carnegie libraries were built in Washington State; 31 in nearby Oregon.) Carnegie, who arrived penniless in America from Scotland in 1848, amassed a $480-million fortune by 1901 when he retired.
Believing that “the man who dies rich, dies disgraced,” Carnegie devoted the rest of his life to philanthropy. By the time of his death, he had given away more than $350 million (approximately $4.3 billion, adjusted to 2005 figures).
Clark County Historical Museum and the Fort Vancouver Regional Library system (www.fvrl.org) plan special events, programs and exhibits throughout 2009 to mark this prestigious anniversary, including an exhibit on Carnegie’s library connections at CCHM, and a special birthday party at the museum in May 2009.
Contact the Clark County Historical Museum, at (360) 993-5679 and www.cchmuseum.org, or e-mail: cchmuseum@pacifier.com, for more information.