March is Women’s History month and Midway Village Museum in Rockford is paying tribute the women who have made a difference in the stateline’s history.

This month the museum will pay tribute with exhibits featuring the Rockford Peaches, figure skater Janet Lynn who was a graduate of Guilford High School and went on to win the bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics and Besscia Raiche,  a Rockford native who became the first accredited woman in America to pilot an airplane by herself.  For more you can read below or head to midwayvillage.com

https://wrex.com/2021/03/03/midway-village-museum-exhibit-pays-tribute-to-womens-history-month/