Archived Outdoors
Festival to highlight historical women’s roles
The Women’s Work Festival in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will give a glimpse into the historical roles rural women held in their families and communities from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 20.
The festival, to be held at the Mountain Farm Museum adjacent to Oconaluftee Visitor Center at the entrance to the park near Cherokee, will include a variety of demonstrations, including open-hearth cooking, corn shuck doll-making and yarn spinning.
