{"id":160,"date":"2016-04-03T11:32:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T15:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/womenushist\/?p=160"},"modified":"2016-04-03T11:35:10","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T15:35:10","slug":"women-still-hennot-recognized-at-the-national-liberty-museum-bu-blake-cohen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/womenushist\/2016\/04\/03\/women-still-hennot-recognized-at-the-national-liberty-museum-bu-blake-cohen\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWomen Still Not Recognized\u201d at the National Liberty Museum by Blake Cohen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"NLM\"<\/a>I traveled to the National Liberty Museum as my Women\u2019s History Month event. \u00a0I chose to travel here because online it said that they would have a special exhibit dedicated to Women\u2019s History Month. \u00a0I chose to come to this event because I had never been to the National Liberty Museum and thought it would be interesting. \u00a0It was also pay as you wish month, so as a poor college student this appealed to me. \u00a0Unfortunately, I was less than impressed.<\/p>\n

I think what disappointed me in this event, was not what it was but how small it was. \u00a0I knew going into it, and doing my research on the event online it was going to be a wall of all these different women that people see as heroes. \u00a0I thought that when I saw it I would be amazed because online they invited people to send pictures in from all around the world, and add some if you were to come to the museum. \u00a0This wall of pictures was very small. \u00a0There were at most thirty pictures on the wall, and honestly most of them were people\u2019s personal pictures or drawings. \u00a0I was hoping there would be more known women throughout the years with more historical influence.<\/p>\n

There were some things nice about the exhibit. \u00a0I thought that people could bring in their own pictures or draw their own, added a really nice personal aspect to the exhibit. \u00a0The theme of the National Liberty Museum is heroes, so it was all about why these women were heroes. \u00a0This reason did make it enjoyable to read not only the historical women, but to read and learn about why people\u2019s mothers and grandmothers were heroes.<\/p>\n

One of the women that was on the wall was Malala Yousafzai, who I think it was one of the most influential women of our time. \u00a0Malala was born in 1997, in Pakistan.[1]<\/a> \u00a0Malala began speaking out about her opposition for the Taliban\u2019s resistance for education, especially for women.[2]<\/a> \u00a0Malala and her father both received death threats, but this did not stop them for speaking out.[3]<\/a> \u00a0In October 2012, Malala went to school and on her way home she was hunted down and shot by a gunman.[4]<\/a> \u00a0This incident gained a lot of attention in the news, which prompted over two million people to sign the right to education petition.[5]<\/a>\u00a0 After Malala healed, she was seen on many different TV programs talking about what she stands for.\u00a0 The way she stuck up for women, makes her a very influential and notable women from our time.<\/p>\n

I think the fact that the exhibit did not impress me continues the trend that is seen with women.\u00a0 Throughout the Women\u2019s history they have continually been pushed to the side and have been forgotten about.\u00a0 They haven\u2019t got the same rights as men including the right to vote.\u00a0 They also had to fight hard and put up strikes to get workers rights.\u00a0 When it comes to dealing with women it does not seem like the same energy is put in.\u00a0 This is why this exhibit disappointed me, because it just did not seem like time was put into it.\u00a0 To make this exhibit better, I think more research could have been put into it.\u00a0 They could have gathered more pictures of influential women throughout history, and they could have put some more information of them on the back of the pictures so we could learn about them.\u00a0 I did not need the whole museum dedicated to women for the month of March, but it would have been nice if what they dedicated to women to feel like more effort was put in.<\/p>\n

Overall, I was not impressed by the National Liberty Museum\u2019s Women\u2019s History Month exhibit.\u00a0 It was nice that they did showcase some influential women, like Malala Yousafzai, but they could have added more.\u00a0 The exhibit fit with the theme of the museum, but it would have been nice if they put more effort into the exhibit.<\/p>\n

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Biblography<\/p>\n

“The Malala Fund.” The Malala Fund. Accessed March 31, 2016.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.malala.org\/malalas-story.<\/p>\n

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[1]<\/a> “The Malala Fund.” The Malala Fund. Accessed March 31, 2016. https:\/\/www.malala.org\/malalas-story.<\/p>\n

[2]<\/a> Ibid.<\/p>\n

[3]<\/a> Ibid.<\/p>\n

[4]<\/a> Ibid.<\/p>\n

[5]<\/a> Ibid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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