ABOUT THE LEAGUE OF WIVES EXHIBIT

In her role as the 2017 Dole Archives Curatorial Fellow, Heath Hardage Lee conceived of and curated a museum exhibit titled The League of Wives: Vietnam’s POW/MIA Allies & Advocates, based on her research for The League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took On the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home from Vietnam. The Dole Institute’s assistant director and senior archivist, Audrey McKanna Coleman, led the exhibit team, which also included assistant curator Minda Stockdale and filmmaker Kristine Bartley. The exhibit premiered at the Robert and Elizabeth Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas, on May 7, 2017, and ran through December 31 of that year.

Further venues include but are not limited to:

Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 24–December 29, 2018

Virginia Museum of History and Culture, Richmond, Virginia, March 2, 2019–September 3, 2019

Coronado Historical Association, Coronado, California, October 1, 2019–March 31, 2020

The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum (RNPLM): June 1, 2020–August 31, 2020