QUIET TIME--Sue Hamilton, wearing a dress from the 19th century, sits alone as she goes over her notes prior to speaking at the Ohio Statehouse Atrium, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, March 20, 1997. In celebration of Women's History Month, the Statehouse Education and Visitors Center invited Civil War reenactors to teach visitors about the daily lives and challenges that faced the women of that era.

SPRING IS HERE--Rob Johnson, of the Oakland Nursery, takes advantage of a pleasant first day of spring, as he works on sidewalk planters near the corner of Spring and High Sts., in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, March 20, 1997.