The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum (LMMM) in Norwalk, has won a prestigious award from the Connecticut League of History Organizations (CLHO) for the exhibition titled, “From Corsets to Suffrage: Victorian Women Trailblazers.”
CLHO Executive Director Amrys Williams said, “As the first major exhibition in Connecticut to deal with the suffrage centennial, ”˜From Corsets to Suffrage”™ set a great example, connecting a well-researched local story to an issue of national significance. CLHO is pleased to recognize the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum with an Award of Merit for its work.”
The exhibition was conceptualized by Executive Director Susan Gilgore and curated by Curatorial Consultant Kathleen Motes Bennewitz. The program highlighted the activities and contributions to women”™s suffrage across the state and the country and illustrated these efforts by featuring rare artifacts from the museum”™s collections and with private and public loans.
This exploration also featured women of national renown who were part of the mansion”™s history, such as Elsie Hill, a key figure in the suffrage movement both regionally and nationally; and author and Titanic survivor Helen Churchill Candee, an active participant in the Washington, D.C. suffrage parade, to name a few.
