AGAR AND AMHERST COUNTY MUSEUM AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
COSPONSORED EXHIBITION
“Women Making a Positive Difference
in Amherst County 1920-2020”
Sept.1–Dec. 16, 2020
COSPONSORED EXHIBITION
“Women Making a Positive Difference
in Amherst County 1920-2020”
Sept.1–Dec. 16, 2020
NOW PLAYING at the MUSEUM and on AGAR’s YouTube Channel:
"Amherst Women Interviewed"
(“Women Making a Positive Difference in Amherst County “ )
featuring segments of AGAR interviews from 2009-2018
"Amherst Women Interviewed"
(“Women Making a Positive Difference in Amherst County “ )
featuring segments of AGAR interviews from 2009-2018
NOW PLAYING at the MUSEUM and on AGAR’s YouTube Channel:
“Women Voting in Amherst County “
“Women Voting in Amherst County “
The exhibit includes memorabilia such as regalia worn by Monacan Nation Chief Sharon Bryant, voting registers from the 1930s, art works by
Amherst County Professional artists, and articles and letters about the history of women voting and encouraging others to vote in
Amherst County.
Amherst County Professional artists, and articles and letters about the history of women voting and encouraging others to vote in
Amherst County.
Amherst County Museum and Historical Society,
154 South Main Street (main building), Amherst, VA 24521
Open Tuesdays-Fridays
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Free admission — call for an appointment as number of people admitted at one time strictly limited,
434-946-9068.
Masks and gloves are required to enter the Museum.
154 South Main Street (main building), Amherst, VA 24521
Open Tuesdays-Fridays
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Free admission — call for an appointment as number of people admitted at one time strictly limited,
434-946-9068.
Masks and gloves are required to enter the Museum.
AGAR VIDEO: “WOMEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE
IN AMHERST COUNTY,” featuring segments of AGAR interviews from 2009-2018 of the women below:
IN AMHERST COUNTY,” featuring segments of AGAR interviews from 2009-2018 of the women below:
- Edith Jones (1908-2015) teacher at Rocky Seat, Amherst Training School, and Central Elementary School, Amherst County, VA
- Alma Rountrey (1914-2010) teacher at Clifford School, Clifford, VA 1935
- Rev. Phyllis Hicks (1947-2015), first Monacan Woman ordained as Episcopal Priest, First Director of Monacan Ancestral Museum in Amherst, VA.
- Lena Sandidge, housewife, mother, farmer, Clifford, VA.
- Octavia Starbuck, Director, The Amherst County Museum & Historical Society.
- Elvira Morse, Amherst Woman’s Club President 1985-1987.
- Douwina Osinga, Amherst Village Garden Club member and Amherst Woman’s Club conservation chair (late 1980's, early 1990s.
- “Wally” Robinson, cook at Winton Country Club 44 years.
- Clara Jackson, teacher at Central High Schools, 1950’s & 1960s.
- Juanita Roberson (1942-2014), later first black female Supervisor, speaking on going to Connecticut to work in tobacco to raise money for college
- Bev Jones, teacher in Amherst County Schools, on her education at Central High School in the 1960s.
- Louise McCord Faulconer (1928-2016), worked for Amherst County Schools for 39 years. Principal of Monroe, Temperance, Pleasant View and James River Elementary schools.
- Barbara Hutcherson Parks (1940-2014), Amherst resident, Lynchburg City Schools Principal at Dearington, Bedford Hills, & TC Miller Elementary Schools.
- Pastor Margaret P.C. Nelson (1932-2014), USAF Colonel retired, Baptist Minister at St. Peter’s Church. Nurse and nursing instructor, two Master’s Degrees.
