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 From the Bustle to the Hustle: 150 Years of Women's History in Peabody
Cassidy Museum and General Gideon Foster House
33 & 35 Washington Street, Peabody
On view November 25, 2012 - May 24, 2013
Explore the evolution of women's gender roles from the Victorian to the modern era and the part Peabody women played in this transformation in From the Bustle to the Hustle: 150 Years of Women's History in Peabody. This exhibit will feature costumes, photographs, artwork and domestic artifacts that highlight important moments in woman's history. Photographs, letters and personal items belonging to such influential Peabody women as pioneering suffragist Mary Upton Ferrin; Progressive Era horticulturalist, historian and musician Bessie Buxton; and acclaimed WWII photographer Virginia Carten will also be on display.
The Cassidy Museum and Gideon Foster House are open Tuesday - Friday, 10-3 pm and the 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month, 12-3 pm. Admission is always free. For more information, please call 978-531-0805 or email info@peabodyhistorical.org.
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