Basketball players at State Teachers College 1931

Frances Bohannon

As a part of the celebration during March of National Women's History Month at MTSU, Gore Center staff members assembled an exhibit highlighting the women's history collections housed in the Gore Center.  Receipts, letters, and photographs on display delve into the lives of nineteenth century women.  A panel on the women warriors of World War II documents the women who learned to be aviation instructors at Gillespie Airfield in Nashville as well as women who served in the WACS, WAVES, and on the home front.  A timeline following the advances of women at MTSU makes up three panels of the exhibit.  Local women's organizations such as the Charity Circle, Craddock Study Club, and Frances Bohannon Music Club are featured on a panel.  Longtime Tennessean "Horse Sense" writer Margaret Lindsley Warden's life is also documented.

The exhibit was open to the campus and general public.  Girl Scout leader Kory Wells brought Troop 2799 from the Pittard Campus School to view the exhibit.  The girls had a wonderful time learning about women's history and playing an interactive game to answer questions about various parts of the exhibit.

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The exhibit is designed to bring new awareness to women's history and the Gore Center's collections.  The exhibit can be viewed through May.