A lunchbox from the 1970s was the focal point of a lecture given on March 29 in honor of Women’s History Month. The lunchbox belonged to Marilyn McCusker, who was one of the first female coal miners in the region. McCusker faced gender discrimination in the process of being employed as a miner in Rushton, […]
Objects as storytellers: Marilyn’s Lunchbox
Posted on April 11, 2016
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