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Visual Thinking Strategies Teacher Workshop
Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TNVisual Thinking Strategies is an inquiry-based teaching method that facilitates open-ended discussions of visual art, increasing students’ critical thinking, communication, and observation skills. In this workshop, teachers will learn the […]
Free
Renaissance Adventure – Homeschool Day
Brooks Museum of Art 1934 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TNThis Homeschool Day will focus on how Renaissance Art tells stories and influences contemporary artists. Our Old Master paintings, as well as our special exhibition Harmonia Rosales: Master Narrative, will […]
Free
Shell Yeah! Squirrel Nut Zippers
Overton Park Shell 1928 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TNOn April 6th the Squirrel Nut Zippers are returning to the Overton Park Shell for the first time since 2018, and it’s a concert you won’t want to miss! Known […]
$35
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![This Women's History Month we're celebrating and honoring the story of the preservation of Overton Park and “the little old ladies in tennis shoes” 👟
Over half a century ago this month, the women of the Citizens to Protect Overton Park fought and won the battle against City Hall, state government, federal government, local courts, newspapers, the chamber of commerce, and other powerful business interests to prevent Interstate 40 from being built through the Old Forest.
These brave women worked tirelessly on letter-writing campaigns, phone calls, consensus-building with neighborhood groups, fundraising events, and more. During their efforts to preserve the park for generations to come, they received criticism, death threats, political retribution, and name-calling, including the infamous line about being “little old ladies in tennis shoes” which was aimed at intimidating them and diminishing their voices.
Their displays of leadership and endurance are important to know and remember during this National Women’s History Month and always.
Today and every day, let's remember and uplift the courageous women who saved Overton Park: Rosemary Alderdyce, Betty Buchignani, Mary Ellen Deupree, Grace Gordon, Marie Handy, Sara Naill Hines, Martha Lackner, Lou Packer, Laura Rodenbaugh, Nadine Smith, Sunshine Snyder, Anona Stoner and Helen Witte. [Others worked hard but were afraid to be known publicly.]
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