Exhibit Dates:
3/11/2005 -
1/16/2006
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Purses, Platforms & Power: Women Changing Charlotte in the 70s
In the 1970s women stepped forward and transformed every aspect of public life in the Charlotte region - politics, athletics, work, culture.
Women entered formerly all-male arenas… County Commissioner Liz Hair, TV news anchor Janet England, and UNC Charlotte women's basketball coach Judy Rose.
Women also founded new institutions … Afro-American Cultural Center founders Bertha Maxwell and Mary Harper, Crisis Assistance Ministry Director and founder Caroline Love Myers, and Planned Parenthood chapter organizer Sarah Bryant.
Together, they reshaped our world. Opening March 11, 2005 through January 16, 2006, Levine Museum of the New South invites visitors to meet and celebrate remarkable women who made history in Purses, Platforms & Power: Women Changing Charlotte in the 70s.
This new exhibit will connect audiences to a pivotal decade for women and the changes that were occurring across the country. Visitors will experience those changes and meet a sampling of the women who were transforming our own community.
Created by Museum historian Dr. Tom Hanchett with input from a community advisory group of women, the exhibit will utilze oral histories, vintage clothes, artifacts, photographs, and music celebrating the era, to demonstrate how women changed Charlotte in the 1970s.
Along with the exhibit, the Museum will present programming and special events to further explore women's history, issues and contemporary roles in Charlotte and the nation. Check out our calendar for current opportunities. |
