Aug. 14, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A major\nnew exhibition, \u200bResilience: Women in Flagstaff\u2019s Past and Present\u200b, opens at\nFlagstaff City Hall on Aug. 23. \u200bResilience \u200bis a collaborative project by the\nArizona Historical Society (AHS) and the Martin-Springer Institute at Northern\nArizona University. The exhibit\u200b \u200bshares the powerful stories of 20 local women\nwho faced extraordinary challenges and overcame hardships, painful legacies and\nadverse environments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nopening reception is 4-6 p.m. Aug. 23 at Flagstaff City Hall, 211 W. Aspen Ave.\nThe exhibition will be on view in various locations throughout Flagstaff,\nincluding the Arizona Historical Society’s Pioneer Museum, the Martin-Springer\nInstitute, Flagstaff City Hall and the Murdoch Community Center. The exhibit\nopening coincides with National Women\u2019s Equality Day on Aug. 26. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Women have\nshaped Flagstaff\u2019s development as public figures, activists, business leaders,\neducators, and caretakers. The exhibition features Rhoda Abeshaus, Jessie\nJimenez Alonzo, Bonn Baudelaire, Mary Costigan, Rachel Tso Cox, Joan Dorsey,\nCoral Evans, Mary C. Hart, Marianna Herman, Kat Jim, Doris Martin, Procora\nVergara Martinez, Meagan and Natalie Metz, Delia Ceballos Mu\u00f1oz, Eunice Nicks,\nShirley Sims, Annie Watkins, Emma Jane Wilson, Dew Yu Wong and Noemi A. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Women also\nhave played a pivotal role in the development of modern Flagstaff. They\nemployed entrepreneurial skills when Flagstaff was still a railroad and lumber\ntown, made it their home after arriving from as far away as China, navigated\nthe economic crisis of the 1930s, helped to integrate the town in the 1960s,\nembraced diversity and created opportunities for the less fortunate. Visitors\ncan trace changes in American society through the experiences of people in a\nsmall town of America\u2019s Southwest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStudents\nfrom NAU worked with us for a full year on this exhibit, doing primary\nresearch, assisting in documentation and participating in oral interviews,\u201d said\nBj\u00f6rn Krondorfer<\/strong>, director of the Martin-Springer Institute at NAU. \u201cTogether,\nwe discovered richly textured lives of women in Flagstaff\u2019s past and present.\nIt is time for the community to take note of them.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe women\nin this exhibit all have something to teach us about overcoming challenges,\nstanding up for ourselves and our communities,\u201d said Bill Peterson, vice president\nof collections and education at the Arizona Historical Society. \u201cTheir\nexperiences, their resilience, their stories are the focus of this exhibit. We\nbelieve their powerful stories will have incredible meaning for people\ntoday.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\n\u200bResilience \u200bresearch team consisted of NAU students and faculty and staff from\nthe Martin-Springer Institute and the Arizona Historical Society. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For more\ninformation, please visit \u200bthe Pioneer Museum\u2019s website<\/a> or call (928) 774-6272. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"