Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-2025

Publisher

Clemson University Press

Abstract

This assignment requires students to think like curators and research their assigned historical figures. Figures are tied to the women’s suffrage and anti-suffrage movements in the United States. Museums and historic landmarks want visitors to engage in history and to consider the complicated, interesting backgrounds of figures who acted in unique ways, shaped by their notions of class, race, gender, culture, power, education, religion, democracy, and citizenship. Often, museums ask their visitors to imagine they are historical figures. One way to achieve this is by providing wearable lanyards with character cards that feature an image of a historical figure on one side and biographical information tied to a theme on the other. The idea is that visitors view the world through their character’s eyes. For this assignment, research your figure and create such a card.

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