March 23, 2013, Saturday - Family Day: Women of Mill City at Mill City Museum
Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Location: Mill City Museum, 704 Second Street South
Family Day: Women of Mill City
Fee: Programs included with museum admission of $11 adults, $9 seniors and college students, $6 children ages 6-17; free for MHS members.
Celebrate Women’s History Month with performances by four Mill City Museum History Players and a series of family activities. Families can enjoy portrayals throughout the day of women in Minneapolis and the region in the 19th and 20th centuries: bonanza farm domestic manager and diarist Mary Dodge Woodward (1880s), labor writer and organizer Eva McDonald Valesh (1880-1900), influential Minneapolis head librarian Gratia Countryman (1900-1930), and Pillsbury Home Service Director Ruth Andre Krause (aka “Ann Pillsbury”, 1950s). Visitors also can go on a museum scavenger hunt to discover the important role of women in the history of Minneapolis, take a short quiz to discover which “women’s work” of the 18th and 19th centuries would suit them best, and try their hand at the “Piecework Challenge,” testing their speed against nineteenth century work standards.
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