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Kitchen Power

Activity: Curation and Events › Curation

Description

Rural electrification changed the lives of women in Ireland in the 1950s and 1960s, where everyday items such as the washing machine relieved them of the hardship of many labour intensive household chores.
Kitchen Power: Women's Experiences of Rural Electrification looked at the ways in which these products were advertised and promoted as part of a modern lifestyle, and how the advertising fantasies translated into the reality of the average rural Irish kitchen.
Period19 Jul 2019 → 24 Dec 2020
Event typeExhibition
LocationCastlebar, IrelandShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

UN SDGs

This activity contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality

Keywords

  • design history
  • material culture
  • Irish design
  • rural electrification
  • women's history
  • mid-century modern

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