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Kentucky Historical Society Events
May 5, 2012

Women in Basketball
“Women in Basketball” is presented in conjunction with the Frankfort Convention Center in honor of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Women’s Basketball Tournament, held this year in Frankfort.

The exhibition features stories of women who influenced the game of basketball from its start in 1891 to today. Visitors will have a chance to shoot some hoops as women did in 1900, then compare that to modern rules and equipment!


This exhibit is a “Let’s Move: Museums and Gardens” event, an initiative of First Lady Michelle Obama and the Institute for Museums and Libraries. For more information on “Let’s Move,” visit www.letsmove.gov.

Read more about "Women in Basketball on History Burgoo, the KHS blog.
Location: Keeneland Changing Exhibits Gallery
Runs through May 5, 2012

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9:00am - 1:00pm
Governor's Derby Celebration
At the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, families can make and decorate their own Derby hats, pick up a free “I Love Kentucky History” button, play basketball with 1900s rules and equipment in the “Women in Basketball” exhibit, learn about the Commonwealth’s past leaders in the “Toyota Kentucky Hall of Governors” and shop for souvenirs in the 1792 Stewart Home School Store. The KHS HistoryMobile will also be on-site, featuring the “Kentucky’s Abraham Lincoln” exhibit.

The always popular hobby-horse races will be held on the lawn of the Old State Capitol, while the Kentucky Military History Museum, featuring “Kentucky’s Military Treasures,” will be open free-of-charge.

Location: KHS History Campus
For more information contact Julia Curry at 502-564-1792, ext. 4414 or email julia.curry@ky.gov.

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1:00pm
"...By Our Sisters"
The Kentucky Historical Society’s Staging Voices program brought together a committee of 10 girls from across Kentucky to prove that history is not defined by a chapter in a textbook. It is about the stories of different people from different places who all had different experiences.

The teens learned to document the past through oral histories and participated creating an original script presented by the award-winning KHS museum theatre program. The final production, performed by professional actors, contains direct quotes and composites of stories from interviewees. The play challenges the audience to continue to remember the progress that has been made, to advance the discussion about Kentucky women’s issues and to work for social change. The program was funded with a grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women.

2012 Staging Voices Committee:
Skylar Brown, Bondurant Middle School, Frankfort.
Montana Daniels, Wayne County High School, Monticello.
Lindsay Diggins, Montessori High School, Lexington.
Madeleine Hendrix, Franklin County High School, Frankfort.
Emma Hughes, Notre Dame Academy, Fort Mitchell.
Sara Hutson, Shelby County High School, Shelbyville.
Eva Luckey, Montessori High School, Lexington.
Paige Mason, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Lexington.
LaRosa Shelton, Louisville Male Traditional High School, Louisville.
Loren Weber, homeschooled, Gravel Switch.

Oral History Interviewees: Sheila Mason Burton, Ora Mae Cheaney, Gov. Martha Layne Collins, Betty Jane Gorin Smith, Donna Salyers, Marsha Weinstein.

Director/Playwright: Kathi E. B. Ellis

Actors: Megan Caudill, Triza Cox

For more information contact Greg Hardison at 502-564-1792, ext. 4454 or email greg.hardison@ky.gov.

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3:00pm
"...By Our Sisters"
The Kentucky Historical Society’s Staging Voices program brought together a committee of 10 girls from across Kentucky to prove that history is not defined by a chapter in a textbook. It is about the stories of different people from different places who all had different experiences.

The teens learned to document the past through oral histories and participated creating an original script presented by the award-winning KHS museum theatre program. The final production, performed by professional actors, contains direct quotes and composites of stories from interviewees. The play challenges the audience to continue to remember the progress that has been made, to advance the discussion about Kentucky women’s issues and to work for social change. The program was funded with a grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women.

2012 Staging Voices Committee:
Skylar Brown, Bondurant Middle School, Frankfort.
Montana Daniels, Wayne County High School, Monticello.
Lindsay Diggins, Montessori High School, Lexington.
Madeleine Hendrix, Franklin County High School, Frankfort.
Emma Hughes, Notre Dame Academy, Fort Mitchell.
Sara Hutson, Shelby County High School, Shelbyville.
Eva Luckey, Montessori High School, Lexington.
Paige Mason, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Lexington.
LaRosa Shelton, Louisville Male Traditional High School, Louisville.
Loren Weber, homeschooled, Gravel Switch.

Oral History Interviewees: Sheila Mason Burton, Ora Mae Cheaney, Gov. Martha Layne Collins, Betty Jane Gorin Smith, Donna Salyers, Marsha Weinstein.

Director/Playwright: Kathi E. B. Ellis

Actors: Megan Caudill, Triza Cox

Location: Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History
For more information contact Greg Hardison at 502-564-1792, ext. 4454 or email greg.hardison@ky.gov.

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