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USA
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Arizona Women’s Hall of Fame
(at the Arizona Hall of Fame Museum)
1101 W Washington St
Phoenix
AZ 85007
Ph: +1 602 542 4675 (Michael D Carman, Museum Division Director)
Email: micarma@dlapr.lib.az.us
Website: www.dlapr.lib.az.us/museum/womenhof.htm
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Housed
in the former Carnegie Public Library, it was the
Phoenix Women’s Club who made the original application
for funding the library’s construction in 1908.
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The
Arizona Women’s Commission established the Arizona Women’s
Hall of Fame in 1981 with 3 or 4 inductees being honoured annually.
In 1984 the Women’s Hall of Fame became part of the general
Arizona Hall of Fame & Museum and moved into the newly restored
Carnegie Library building. Located on a main road in downtown Phoenix,
it is a block a way from its parent institution the Arizona Capitol
Museum (and State Archives and Research Library).
Photographs
of the 60 or so inductees feature in the exhibit as well as a book
containing their biographies. The project was on hold during the
1990s but has been resurrected in 2001/02 with some funding assistance
from the State Governor’s Commission on Women. It is hoped
that the women’s stories from the Hall of Fame will eventually
go online.
There is also another display entitled Arizona Women in Government.
Originally housed at the Capitol Museum, it came about because of
Arizona having one of the highest percentages of women in elected
and appointed offices. In 1998 5 women were elected to the State’s
top constitutional executive offices, which had never happened before
in the US. About 16 women are represented (framed photographs) with
some artefacts and memorabilia.
Opened in 1958, this purpose-built museum of native stone “preserves
the legacy of women from all races, creeds and nationalities who
have contributed to the development of Oklahoma”. It is located
just east of a 17-foot bronze statue of a “Pioneer Woman”,
erected in 1930. The main exhibit gallery looks at Oklahoma’s
past (after the Cherokee Outlet Run of 1893) from the perspective
of 16 different women, up to the present day including women astronauts.
Oklahoma’s 1st Ladies Gowns are displayed in another gallery
while there is also an educational centre with videos, an interactive
timeline and loom demonstrations.
USA
- Southwest
The Women’s Museum: an Institute for the Future
The Fair Park
3800 Parry Ave
Dallas
TX 75226
(PO Box 150381, Dallas, TX 75315-0381)
Ph: +1 512 459 1167
Fax: +1 512 459 1408
Email: director@thewomensmuseum.org
Website:
www.thewomensmuseum.org
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Housed
in a heritage-listed building that had been a performing
arts centre, agricultural show arena and later warehouse,
it dates from 1910 and was remodelled in 1936 in the
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This
major museum is based in the Fair Park (home of America’s largest
State Fair), 7-8 km SW of downtown Dallas. It opened in October
2000 and aims “to educate, enrich and inspire all visitors
by celebrating women’s history and providing a public forum
for the communication of women’s contributions to society.”
On 2 floors, with an additional mezzanine for temporary displays,
its state of the art, hands-on interactive exhibits explore the
contributions of around 3000 women throughout American history,
examining the similarities and differences among women’s lives
across time. There is considerable emphasis on DVD presentation
stations, touchscreen and A/V kiosks.
The museum was 4 years in the making, the dreamchild of Cathy Bonner,
President of the Board of the Texas Foundation for Women’s
Resources, a group which had established numerous women’s projects
over 20 years including a leadership training program and an exhibition
on Texan women’s history.
As well as a shop and café, there is a large auditorium for
films, talks and conferences etc as well as meeting rooms for hire.
The adjoining Ronya Kozmetsky Institute for the Future provides
educational and enrichment programs including a specialised curriculum
in maths, science, computer and Internet technology for middle school
girls.
USA
- Southwest
National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
1720 Gendy St
Fort Worth
TX 76102
Ph: +1 817 509 8967
Fax: +1 817 336 2470
Email: susan@cowgirl.net
Website: www.cowgirl.net
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Richard
Haas's dramatic "trompe l'oeil" mural on
the outside of the National Cowgirl Museum & Hall
of Fame. |
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The National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame is the only museum
in the world dedicated to honoring women of the American West who
have displayed extraordinary courage and pioneer spirit in their
trail blazing efforts. Started in 1975, in the basement of the Deaf
Smith County Library in Hereford, Texas, the Museum and Hall of
Fame moved to Fort Worth, Texas in 1994 to plan for and build a
new permanent home. Currently, the museum's archives house over
2000 artifacts and information about over 400 remarkable women.
The 163 Hall of Fame honorees include pioneers, artists, writers,
entertainers, humanitarians, businesswomen, educators, ranchers
and rodeo cowgirls. The new 33,000 square-foot, $21 million National
Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame opened on 9 June 2002 in the heart
of Fort Worth's Cultural District and is part of the city’s
new Western Heritage Center, located near the celebrated Will Rogers
Complex. It includes exhibits from the permanent collection, a traveling
exhibition gallery, a multi-purpose theatre, research library, retail
store, and a grand rotunda where visitors begin to learn about the
spirit of the cowgirl.
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