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Women’s History Exhibit
The Clearwater Historical Society hosted a reception and ribbon cutting to mark the opening of its second annual Women’s
History Exhibit, which honors nine local women who devoted their time, talent and treasure to serving, shaping and improving
the town of Clearwater and the county of Pinellas. The honorees are the late Willa Carson, Ruth Eckerd, Cherry Harris, Blanche
Littlejohn, Ruth Payne Stone, Jean Rees Homer and Peggy Word, plus the still very active Barb Green and Sallie Parks, who
continue to make the Tampa Bay area a better place to live and thrive. The exhibit and opening reception were presented by the
Pinellas Community Foundation and dedicated to the late Suzanne Lambert Ruley. The exhibit at the Clearwater Historical Society,
610 S. Fort Harrison Ave. in Clearwater, will be open Saturdays and by appointment through August 27th, (727) 754-8019.
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Claire Dolan attended the opening
with her mother Allison Dolan, the
Clearwater Historical Society Museum
& Cultural Center’s board president,
who helped organize the Women’s
History Exhibit.
Tricia Irwin, designer, and Chris
Dunn, the founding owner of Lincoln
Land, recognized dear friends in the
photographs that were displayed as part
of the Women’s History Exhibit.
Trudy Word Little and Margaret Word Burnside
represented their family at the opening of the exhibit,
which honored their late mother Peggy Word and
eight other Clearwater women.
Sarah Brown Caudell, who has helped organize and
expand the museum’s collections, visited with her
brother Steve Brown and his wife Susan Brown during
the pre-ribbon cutting reception.
Sallie Parks, a former Pinellas
County Commissioner, and Barb
Green, co-founder of HEP, two of the
Women’s History honorees, gave brief
presentations during the exhibit’s
opening party.
Todd Tillung and his wife, real estate
agent Terry Tillung, enjoyed seeing
friends, sampling the hors d’oeuvres
provided by Clear Sky on Cleveland in
Clearwater and perusing the exhibits.
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CHRISTINE MARRONE