March is Women’s History Month, and the Friends of the Aberdeen Museum are highlighting the Women of Grays Harbor in our exhibit for March and April.  One area in which women play a crucial role, is education, yet women have not always been well-represented in history books. How many of us have even heard the stories of women here on the harbor?

Here is a small snippet of just one category. Grays Harbor has enjoyed the gifts of many musicians since its early days. There are news stories of visiting performers in the several theatres and opera houses in Aberdeen and Hoquiam. Manyimmigrant societies had their own bands, choirs and ensembles, as did our schools. Several women were prominent in Grays Harbor music, as are their successors today…