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Was Helen Day Montanari a sign of her time, or something more?


A name change for Stowe’s Helen Day Art Center — part of an ongoing rebranding of the organization that includes a new strategic plan and expanded educational offerings — has led to a larger discussion about the history of the woman behind the building’s name and attitudes that in some ways shaped the Stowe community’s past.
So, who was Helen Day Montanari? Was she the ahead-of-her-time modern woman as some claim, or an anti-Semite who helped foster hatred and discrimination?
The answer may be both.
While some say Montanari’s actions — she and her partner ran an “Aryans-only” Stowe inn in the 1940s — were a reflection of the society in which she lived, others believe that’s no excuse for prejudice and exclusion. Rachel Moore, the art center’s executive director — and the center’s board of directors — see the name change “as an opportunity to make clear our continued belief in inclusivity, d ....

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