UWF Historic Trust to host presentation on women at work and in the American imagination

The UWF Historic Trust will host “From Rosie the Riveter to ‘I Dream of Jeannie’: Women at Work and in the American Imagination, 1940 to 1970,” a presentation by Dr. Stephanie Cole, on Thursday, Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Voices of Pensacola presented by Gulf Power. The presentation, preceded by a reception at 6 p.m., is held in conjunction with the “Apron Strings: Ties to the Past” exhibit on display at the T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Museum.

Dr. Stephanie Cole serves on the faculty at the University of Texas at Arlington. While Cole’s expertise is in women’s history, she also teaches courses on work and leisure, and changes in gender, race, sex and marriage in the United States. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 1994. Her most recent publication, “Texas Women: Their Histories, Their Lives,” has been nominated for the Liz Carpenter Prize for the best book in Texas women’s history. She has also published articles on households and household workers in the antebellum urban South, domestic violence, race and gender in Jim Crow Texas, and interracial marriage in early twentieth-century Dallas.

“Apron Strings: Ties to the Past” is on exhibit at the T.T. Wentworth, Jr. Museum, located at 330 S. Jefferson St. in Historic Pensacola through Jan. 8, 2016. The exhibit reevaluates the apron’s varying roles over time in an artistic and cultural manner and chronicles changing attitudes toward women and domestic work while showcasing the wide range of design and craft techniques apron-makers have used to express themselves. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.

For more information about the presentation by Dr. Cole, contact Director of Education Sheyna Marcey at smarcey1@uwf.edu or 850.595.5985 ext. 105.