Women & Conservation: A History at the Adirondack Museum

Blue Mountain Lake, N.Y. Learn, laugh, grow - and stay warm! Join the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake, New York as the 2011 Cabin Fever Sunday series continues.

March 2011 marks the centennial celebration of International Women's Day. Although women have long been dedicated and progressive history makers, their actions were slow to receive international attention.

Join Museum Educator Jessica Rubin on Sunday, March 27, 2011 to learn more through a discussion of the role of women and female-centered organizations in the early conservation movement.

Rubin will offer a presentation entitled "Women and the Conservation Movement" as part of the museum's popular Cabin Fever Sunday series. Held in the Auditorium, the program will begin promptly at 1:30 p.m.

Cabin Fever Sundays are offered at no charge to museum members or children of elementary school age and younger. The fee for non-members is $5.00. Refreshments will be served. For additional information, please call the Education Department at (518) 352-7311, ext. 128 or visit the museum's web site at www.adirondackmuseum.org.

The Museum Store and Visitor Center will be open from noon to 4 p.m.

The pivotal roles played by women in the early conservation movement are excellent examples of historic female activism. Groups such as the National Federation of Women's Clubs and individuals like journalist Kate Field and botanist Lucy Bishop Millington will be highlighted in the presentation to illustrate the unique ways women interacted with and advocated for the American wilderness at a time when most were confined to the "private sphere."

Rubin will show that women were instrumental in the creation of state and federal conservation legislation and protections long before they had the right to vote. From the Adirondacks to California women were outspoken players in the national conservation crusade.