Our Neighbors, Our Crusaders: The forgotten history of Westport’s suffragists and their fight for women’s right to vote
- Website:https://www.suffragistswestportlibrary.org/
- Description:
The Westport Library has opened its CTH funded exhibit “Our Neighbors, Our Crusaders: The forgotten history of Westport’s suffragists and their fight for women’s right to vote” online.
“Our Neighbors, Our Crusaders” uncovers for the first time the career and political triumphs of suffragists who made Westport home, and also honors over 50 Westport women, many of whose given names and identities are nearly forgotten.
These wives, widows, mothers, sisters, and daughters ventured out from their parlors and onto the streets to fight for voting rights.
Together, they crisscrossed neighborhoods canvassing for votes, delivered soapbox speeches at factories and participated in meetings, fundraisers, rallies and parades to champion the ideology of “Our Vote, Our Future”.
- Organization Name:The Westport Library
Virtual Westport Museum for History and Culture
- Website:https://virtualhistorywestport.org/
- Description:
Explore the ways Westport Museum comes together with our community to create programming at home. Collection highlights, author talks, oral history and more video content await!
- Organization Name:Westport Museum for History and Culture
House on the Hill: The Changing Face of the Bruce Museum
- Website:https://www.houseonthehillexhibition.com/
- Description:
The Bruce Museum’s history is a rich tapestry of personalities, objects, art, ideas, and community. At the center of it all is a building; a mass of stone, steel, wood, and glass that formed the basis for the institution we all cherish and love today. My passion for this history has led me down a path to learn the minutia about the people and the place. Through the words and images of this exhibition, I am pleased to share some of those details with you. As the Museum embarks on its ambitious expansion plan, it is important to see the progression of change that led to this pathway for an exciting future.
Timothy J. Walsh, Collections Manager
Caption: Colored pencil drawing of the Bruce Museum by architect Albert A. Blodgett, 1939. Bruce Museum collection.
- Organization Name:The Bruce Museum
