Ginseng Culture in Missouri
Visit the Columbia Research Center on the second floor of the Center for Missouri Studies and explore how the popularity of ginseng rose and was later tempered by the reality of production, crop disease, and the overharvesting of wild roots. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
8:30am-4:30pm Jan. 11th and 12th.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS: CELEBRATING THE NATIONAL WOMEN AND MEDIA COLLECTION
Straight from their diaries, letters, and interviews, In Their Own Words showcases important female voices in media such as Kay Mills, Jean Gaddy Wilson, Marjorie Paxson, Rose Nolen, Tad Bartimus, Christine Craft, Mary Paxton Keeley, Lucile Bluford, Dorothy Jurney, and others.
Visitors will learn of their struggles and triumphs in the media industry and how these journalists were able to navigate careers in a traditionally male-dominated industry.