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added as an afterthought at the last minute.
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It housed collections of needlework
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and weaving and demonstrations of power looms.
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There were no mentions whatsoever of
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women's political subordination or activism,
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the crusade for women's suffrage which was going on everywhere.
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Women suffragists tried to be recognized and to protest,
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in fact, at the exhibition; weren't allowed to.
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Women's place in this was essentially apolitical.
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For African Americans there were no exhibits at all about them.
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They were even excluded from the construction crews
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that built all the halls.