Clark County Historical Museum, Fourth Plain Forward and Humanities Washington invite the community to a presentation at 7 p.m. March 6 by history professor Amanda L. Van Lanen as part of the museum's Speaker Series. "Big Apples, Big Business: How Washington Became the Apple State," will delve into the history of Washington's rise as the […]

Clark County Historical Museum, Fourth Plain Forward and Humanities Washington invite the community to a conversation with author and journalist Putsata Reang, a member of the 2024-2025 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau program, at 7 p.m. June 6 at Fourth Plain Community Commons, 3101 E. Fourth Plain Blvd., Suite 101, Vancouver. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. […]

The Clark County Historical Museum Speaker Series features Bernadette Marie Calafell, a professor and chair of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies at Gonzaga University specializing in Latinx/o/a Studies, women of color feminism and LGBTQ Studies. Calafell is the author of "Latina/o Communication Studies: Theorizing Performance and Monstrosity, Performance, and Race in Contemporary Culture." This talk […]

How many times have you heard someone wearing women’s clothing exclaim, “And it has pockets!” Comparisons have shown that modern garments designed for women have about half the storage space of clothing designed for men. From their invention, pockets in women’s fashion have represented independence—so much so that in the 18th century, laws were enacted […]