Join us every third Thursday of every month at 9:00 AM for Coffee With the Curator at the Museum of World Treasures!

Event Details

• Date: Thursday, July 17, 2025
• Time: 9:00 AM
• Location: Museum of World Treasures [Get Directions]

Cost

• Museum Members: Free
• Non-Members: FREE and open to the public, thanks to Humanities Kansas

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Attending Information

• Open to all ages
• No need to register; simply walk in!
• Light refreshments provided.

Talk Summary

In December 1921, thousands of women in southeast Kansas rose up to fight injustice in the area coalfields. These women were immigrants from Eastern European nations as well as Kansas born. After a months-long strike by the coalminers, the women joined the cause. In the short term, their continued activism impacted futusre statewide elections and national legislation. This talk will share the stories of these women, christened the “Amazon Army” by the New York Times, and their fight for democracy and labor rights in Kansas’ coalfields

Speaker Bio - Linda O'Nelio Knoll

Linda is an educator and historian who has worked in a variety of settings for heritage preservation. Her play, Army of Amazons:  An Oral History of Southeast Kansas received an Emmy nomination in 2013 for Best Historical/Culture Program Segment through the Sunflower Journeys PBS- KTWU series and has been performed for numerous audiences. She has been honored with Outstanding Educator Awards from Kansas State University and the University of Chicago as well as receiving the Human and Civil Rights Award from the National Education Association in Los Angeles in 2005. Linda also assisted with the development of the Miners Memorial in Pittsburg, Kansas, and helped establish the Miners Hall Museum in Franklin.