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Shine: Spotlight on Women of Lambton

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The Shine: Spotlight on Women of Lambton exhibit was displayed in our Lambton Gallery from May to October 2013. You can now explore the content in this Virtual Exhibit!

We are celebrating the unique ways women have shaped our local history. We want to show you how the women of Lambton County have guided and inspired their communities and their families.

Many history books describe the achievements of men and remain silent about women, and the roles of women are often forgotten. This slowly started changing in the 1­960s and ­1970s when a new way of thinking about history developed.

Social historians began looking beyond the upper classes, politicians, and heroes to study how so-called “ordinary people” lived. This contrasts sharply with historians who focused on royalty without looking at peasants, and generals without looking at soldiers. As social history grew, women’s stories emerged and “Women’s History” became its own discipline.

This exhibit tells stories of individual women and women in organizations, women who changed the national stage and women who shaped the local stage. One thing these women all have in common: their roots in Lambton County. They have inspired and changed their communities, and we hope they inspire and change you today.

Light orange button with text, "Women Changing Roles" and a spotlight icon, link.

Purple button with text, "Women Working Together" and a lantern icon, link.

Dark Blue button with text, "Local, Provincial, National Achievers" and a lighthouse icon, link.

Teal button with text, "Women At Work" and a lightbulb icon, link.

Dark Orange button with text, "Women Who Provide" and a torch icon, link.

Red button with text, "Women Sharing Wisdom" and a candle icon, link.

Light Blue button with text, "Guiding Beacons" and a sun icon, link.

Below is a short video that contains street scenes featuring Lambton County Women from Thedford, Forest, and Brigden in the late 1940s.

 

Thank you to everyone who partnered with Lambton Heritage Museum to make this exhibit possible!

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