Museum program focuses on women’s suffrage movement
The Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society will host a lecture by Amanda Owen at 2 p.m., Sept. 21.
Owen is the executive director of the Justice Bell Foundation, a nonprofit organization located in Ardmore, in Delaware County.
“Our mission is to educate, inspire and mobilize current and future voters,” Owen said, according to a news release. “As part of our mission, we present an inspiring Pennsylvania story about the Justice Bell, an icon of the women’s suffrage movement, to the public.” The Justice Bell traveled through Lycoming County August 11 and 12, 1915, promoting women’s voting rights.”
The lecture, held in the Community Room of the museum, is free and open to the public. The program is sponsored by Catherine Burns Insurance Agency, Muncy and co-sponsored by historian Mary Sieminski and the James V. Brown Library.
During the afternoon, the 19-minute documentary, Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women’s Fight for the Vote will be shown.
“We want as many people as possible to be inspired by the women who fought for the right to vote,” the news release said.
A part present-day detective story and part a historical account of the movement for voting rights, Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women’s Fight for the Vote tells the story of a band of intrepid women and their one-ton bronze bell that became a celebrated icon of the women’s suffrage movement.
As this is the museum’s Society Program, admission to the museum will be free. The third Sunday of each month, May through October, is free admission day.
Located at 858 W. Fourth St., Williamsport, the Thomas T. Taber Museum of the Lycoming County Historical Society provides a history of the region with information about Native American culture, frontier exploration, the development of the Pennsylvania canal, immigration during the 19th century, and the logging and lumbering era of the 19th century. The Taber Museum also houses the world-class Larue Shempp Model Train Collection.
The museum is open for touring 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesdays through Fridays; 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and, May through October, 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. For further information, contact the museum at 570-326-3326 or visit the museum’s website at www.tabermuseum.org.