Women’s History

Painting in a Challenging Landscape: Women Artists in the 19th Century

With Rob Doyle This program is part of the exhibition, Fertile Ground: the Hudson Valley Animal Paintings of Caroline Clowes.…

3 years ago

Women Artists in the 19th Century

Painting in a Challenging Landscape: Women Artists in the 19th Century A presentation by DCHS President Rob Doyle on December…

3 years ago

Celebrating Dutchess County Women!

We maintain our March 2022 Facebook daily celebration of local women as a permanent exhibition here. It is never too…

4 years ago

“They Suppose You Are a Gentleman:” Caroline Clowes’ Extraordinary Path to National Artistic Acclaim

The  exhibition of the work, life and legacy of LaGrange's Caroline Morgan Clowes (1838-1904) will open from November 4  to…

4 years ago

A Tale of Two Sisters

Two sisters of the US North, from Staatsburgh's elite Lewis and Livingston family, marry two brothers of the US South,…

4 years ago

Bockee Silk Quilt

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5 years ago

Campaigning For Woman Suffrage

Sandra Opdyke explains the local campaign for women seeking the right to vote just over a century ago.

5 years ago

June 23 2020 Event Archive: Watch Here

Sandra Opdycke won the 2020 DCHS Helen Wilkinson Reynolds Award for "pursuit of historical truth" and will speak to a…

5 years ago

Ballots & Palettes: Tools in the Fight for Women’s Equality a Century Ago

Dutchess County Historical Society's Bill Jeffway, Executive Director, and Melodye Moore, Chair of Collections, present "Ballots & Palettes" to the…

5 years ago