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DR, Female, Age 24

Exhibit: Lady Desperado  One of the pieces that stood out to me the most was the section about Belle Starr. She is the only female with her own section in the museum compared to the numerous displays dedicated to men. I noticed that in this particular section her physical appearance is used to describe her, and she is referred to as “flamboyant” and compared to Cleopatra. Out of all of the plaques with men on them none of them described what they looked like, dressed like, or how they drew attention to themselves like hers did. They were remarked on for their accomplishments or their wrong doings, but she is noted for how she looked.  Exhibit Detail: Photo of Belle Starr Another point concerning the Belle Starr section is that any time she is mentioned so are the men in her life. This particular picture shows her picture with a short description underneath that talks about her brother and her father. The museum uses her pictures and titles the boards with h...
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K.K., Male, Age 24

Exhibit: Belle Starr--Bandit Queen After viewing this photo, I realized that women maybe weren’t as incarcerated as commonly as men were. The caption states that the only time she went to jail was for one occasion of horse theft. I’m thinking that maybe people in that time didn’t see women criminals as serious threats to society as commonly as men were. Now that I think more about it, that’s probably a major advantage if you’re going to be known as a “Bandit Queen.” Exhibit: The Workings of the Court The thing that stuck out to me in this picture is that it was not ever often in that time for a woman to be in a major position of power. It seems like you would always see women in supportive roles rather than leadership roles. All throughout this exhibit we see several pictures of noteworthy men but not a lot of women. It is inspiring to me as I think about how far we have come today. Exhibit: The Gallows This correlates with the first picture pretty well. Hang...
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DE, Female, Age 24

Exhibit Detail: Members of the U.S. Marshal's staff ca 1900 The first picture I am going to talk about it is called “Women Behind Bar” the picture is suppose to show a women who was arrested and was in a jail cell but you can just barely she the women because there is a group of men standing right in front of the building that cover her up. Some of the picture would talk about what the guy did to be jailed but with this particular woman we have no back-story. Also the descriptions of the picture say “note” like it is giving up extra information about a picture of the men but this picture was actual about the women who were arrested.   Exhibit: Belle Starr--Bandit Queen This next picture is about a Famous women named Belle Starr, It is talking about all she had accomplished and important people in her life, her Son was photographed and named they even talk a little about him. Then there is a picture of Belle Starr with her friends and the friends...
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