Elizabethtown has no shortage of amazing women in its history, and now the Winters Heritage House Museum will showcase some of them. "From Homestead Keepers to Entrepreneurs, Elizabethtown Women Make Their Mark" will run through Friday, April 14, at the museum, 47 E. High St.

"This exhibit explores the influence women played at home, in offices, factories, restaurants, shops and more, over a span of 260 years," said Teresa St. Angelo, who became director of the museum in December. Highlighting people from the town's namesake Elizabeth Hughes to Esther Winters, one of the first licensed female pharmacists in Pennsylvania, to Elizabethtown College alumna Krystal Turner-Childs, the first Black female appointed deputy commissioner of staff in the Pennsylvania State Police, the exhibit features biographies, photographs, articles and items from the women who made Elizabethtown what it is today.

St. Angelo got the idea for the exhibit when she was volunteering at the Elizabethtown Historical Society. Impressed by the accomplishments of her fellow volunteers, she began digging deeper into Elizabethtown's history. "I started researching, and I came across so many strong, courageous and bold women," she recalled.

Using the museum's on-site Seibert Genealogy Research Library and relying on information provided by local women, St. Angelo began putting the exhibit together. Through her research, she learned some interesting facts she's displaying in the exhibit. "Esther Winters was a pharmacist in town, and she liked to delight children by putting amazing things in her display window," St. Angelo shared. "She used to go to New York City with another local shop owner, and many of the items were props from Broadway plays." Some of those objects are on display at the exhibit.

Recipes from Elizabethtown women, including a book of recipes from Elizabethtown College, are featured, as well as historic items such as a rug beater, a coffee grinder and dresses from the 1800s.

A tapestry dating to 1873 was shipped to the museum from a family in Florida that can trace its roots back to the founding of the town, and St. Angelo found matches from the former Aunt Sally's Restaurant on eBay.

St. Angelo also worked with Denise Grove at the Elizabethtown Area Chamber of Commerce to highlight local female business owners. A display board in the exhibit invites visitors to add information about important women in their lives or add items to the exhibit, and children who visit will have the opportunity to decorate bookmarks of sayings from famous women.

Putting the exhibit together has inspired St. Angelo. "I have learned so much," she remarked. "I am in awe of these women, and I'm so glad to be able to spotlight their accomplishments. If you want to be amazed and inspired by the women who contributed so much to Elizabethtown, please come see this exhibit."

The exhibit will run during museum hours, which are Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Extended hours will be featured on April 14, from noon to 7 p.m. For more information on the exhibit or the museum, visit http://www.ElizabethtownHistory.org or follow the Winters Heritage House Museum on Facebook.