The “Notable Women of Muncie and Delaware County” project has been celebrating heroes of local history with community programs since 2018. The Delaware County Historical Society, together with staff from Ball State University Libraries, Minnetrista Museum and Gardens, and Muncie Public Library, has researched hundreds of women commemorated with online biographies, essays, exhibits, maps, documentaries, and community programs. Join the collaboration to explore opportunities to discover the women in your history at the second annual Making History: Women's History Workshop.

This workshop will focus on how to use primary sources available from local archives and online to research, learn, teach, write, and create women's history. Archives staff will highlight unique objects that can offer clues and open windows into the past--everything from personal diaries to cookbooks, yearbooks, and store catalogs. And local K-12 teachers and Ball State University professors will describe innovative ways they incorporate the study of women's history.

Jessica Jenkins, Vice President of Collections and Storytelling at Minnetrista, will be the keynote speaker, discussing her book Exploring Women's Suffrage through 50 Historic Treasures. In-person attendees will receive a guided tour of the Minnetrista archives and view materials from the libraries' and historical society's collections.

Join us for a day of discovery, brainstorming, connecting, celebrating, and making history! K-12 teachers, students, professors, historians, genealogists, writers, podcasters, and anyone interested in women's history is welcome. The event is free and open to the public.

Join us in-person or virtually via Zoom on Wednesday, July 20 at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Daylight Time). The Zoom broadcast of the speaker presentations will conclude at 10:30 a.m. In-person participants can collaborate and explore the Minnetrista grounds. Each participant will receive an information packet, and door prizes will be awarded to in-person attendees. Register in advance for the program to receive a confirmation email and Zoom link.

 

Making History: Women's History Workshop (2nd Annual)

Wednesday, July 20

9:00 a.m. to noon

Minnetrista Museum and Gardens, Muncie, Indiana

Register in advance

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