Wed Feb 5 at 4:00 pm in the Main Lobby of the Vermont State House
Reception immediately following the ceremony from 4:30 to 6 pm.
"Women in the State House", a four-panel story that begins with early 19th century women's suffrage advocate Clarina Howard Nichols—continues with Vermont's early women legislators in the 1920's—and concludes with women exercising political power on an equal footing with their male colleagues. Governor Philip B. Scott, Speaker Mitzi Johnson and Senate President Tim Ashe—and some of the women featured in the exhibition-- will be on hand at 4 pm to briefly speak to mark this occasion.
For nearly two years, the State Curator's Office has worked with a curatorial task force consisting of the Friend of the State House, close colleagues from other museums as well as advisors from groups who are underrepresented on the walls of the State House. This exhibit tells the story of the largest of those groups— the political empowerment of Vermont women. A group of Vermont women historians worked with Asst. State Curator Jack Zeilenga to develop the text. This exhibition follows another addition to the State House lobby in 2019 that explored state recognition of the Abenakis as Vermont's indigenous people.
In addition to the story panels, the exhibition also includes the original House desk where Edna Beard, Vermont's first female legislator once sat.
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