Kelly Garnett livens things up at the Museum in Carberry, Manitoba

Yesterday afternoon, we stopped in to visit the museum in the Carberry Plains Museum. The present museum building in Carberry is to be found next door to the gingerbread house (top photo), which will be the future home of the museum.

Preparing for the move, and taking visitors on tours is Kelly Garnett. A historian, and 22 year correspondent with the late billionarie Ken Thompson, Kelly Garnett offered a wealth of intriguing detail as she enthusiastically showed us the displays including (a former one room school - second photo), information about Carberry native Wop May (third photo), and the intriguing Criddle family (bottom photo).

Along with the 1915 style schoolroom, you can read the rules for 1915 schoolteachers. They are
1) You will not marry during the term of your contract
2) You are not to keep company with men
3) You must be home between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. unless attending a school function.
4) You may not loiter downtown in any of the ice cream stores
5) You may not travel beyond the city limits unless you have the permission of the chairman of the board.
6) You may not ride in a carriage or automobile with any many unless he is your father or brother.
7) You may not smoke cigarettes
8) You may not dress in bright colours
9) You may, under no circumstances, dye your hair
10) You must wear at least two petticoats
11) Your dresses must not be any shorter than two inches above the ankle.
12) To keep the classroom neat and clean, you must sweep the floor at least once a day: scrub the floor at least once a week with hot, soapy water: clean the blackboards at least once a day: start the fire at 7:00 a.m. so the room will be warm by 8:00.

When you read these rules you can understand why women like Nellie McClung worked so hard to get the vote for women. In 1916, Manitoba became the first province to give women the vote.

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