Features Portraits of Thirty-Six Outer Banks Women

Dare County Arts Council announces a special art exhibit created by fine art portrait photographer Anne Snape Parsons featuring thirty-six Outer Banks women.  The exhibit, Women Warriors: Past, Present, Future, celebrates historic women, community leaders, and aspiring young people.

In conjunction with Women’s History Month, which commemorates and encourages the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in history, Women Warriors: Past, Present, Future will be on display from March 5th through March 27th.

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The Female of Her Species is more deadly than the Male.

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