Roger, I have worked with Edith Mayo at the Smithsonian for 4 years. Her
exhibit on women's political activism has generated a number of public
programs. The best ones were "living history" performances in the
exhibit space. Actresses portrayed women like Alice Paul, Margaret
Sanger and others. Their scripts were wonderful and creative
interpretations of historical documents -- speeches, letters, diaries,
etc. Contact Shirley Cherkasky at SI, NMAH, Public Programs, Washington,
DC USA 20560 if you want to know more.
On Tue, 31 Jan 1995, Roger Garland wrote:
> The National Museum of Australia will be opening an
> exhibition 'Women with attitude' on International
> Women's Day (8 March 1995).
>
> The exhibition examines women in politics and society
> over the last hundred years.
>
> We are finalising public programs for the exhibition.
> These include schools programs, debates, public
> lectures, comedy sessions on broad topics such as
> gender, sexuality, politics, struggle etc.
>
> We're interested to know what public programs other
> institutions may have run in relation to similar topics
> and themes. What worked?
>
> Roger Garland
> Manager Public Programs
> National Museum of Australia
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