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First Ladies and the White House – Part 3
In August 2019 (before the pandemic) I was invited to join a stellar group of artists, to create a historic quilt for an exhibit that would premier at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. The exhibit was to be titled “Women’s Votes, Women’s Voices, Women’s Rights”. That invitation email read: “The Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas will be hosting an exhibit commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote and the 25th anniversary of Hilary Clinton’s speech at the Beijing Conference on Women’s Rights are Human Rights. The theme of the exhibit will be to tell the story of…
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First Ladies and the White House – Part 2
Please Note – if the images in your blog email are not high resolution – click through to the actual blog to see detailed images! During the Clinton administration (late 90s) I had the chance to tour the White House. It made quite an impression on me. The artwork, the architecture, the history….the ghosts of past administrations….our tour guide gave us a vivid history of each room we visited, and it made me want to learn more. I went from there, to the National Portrait Gallery, Ford’s Theatre, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Over the years I have picked up many books about the White House. The…
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First Ladies and the White House – Part 1
As we contemplate the possibility of having our first woman president in the USA, it is perhaps a time to look back on the women who have already served in the White House – the First Ladies. Over the years I have had several connections to the White House. My best childhood friend served on the Clinton Healthcare Task Force. (They were trying to create a national healthcare system, similar to other developed nations.) During those years I did a tour of the White House, which was much more accessible at that time. My architect brother works in Washington DC and his firm did the renovation/redesign of the White House…