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My brother and I visited the Heinz History Center when we were in Pittsburgh in August. The museum is focused things and people who are famously associated with the city. It was a fun visit, although it’s a little disconcerting when you visit a history museum and see things you remember.
“A Woman’s Place” is a new exhibit — new since my daughter and I visited in 2012 — devoted to the women like Nellie Bly the famous journalist who began her career with the Pittsburgh Dispatch in 1865. According to Wikipedia:
In 1885, a column in the Pittsburgh Dispatch titled “What Girls Are Good For” stated that girls were principally for birthing children and keeping house. This prompted Elizabeth Cochrane to write a response under the pseudonym “Lonely Orphan Girl”. The editor, George Madden, was impressed with her passion and ran an advertisement asking the author to identify herself. When Cochran introduced herself to the editor, he offered her the opportunity to write a piece for the newspaper, again under the pseudonym “Lonely Orphan Girl”. Her first article for the Dispatch, titled “The Girl Puzzle”, argued that not all women would marry and that what was needed were better jobs for women.
Clearly, I digress. There are no doors from this exhibit. Most of the photos in today’s gallery are from the various home settings showcasing appliances made in the area or technologies developed in the region.
I haven’t been through all my photos, but I suspect I’ll be back here next week.
As for this week, I hope you enjoy the doors in my gallery and I hope you check out some of the doors shared by other participants. You will find links in the comment section.
Note: While I will be responding to comments and visiting other posts early today, I will be spending most of this cool autumn day painting the risers of several sets of steps. I will get to your comments and all the participant posts, but I may not make it there today. Of course, as usual, all of the participant posts will be shared again in the Sunday Recap.
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