"Women's Work": Art from the hands of women who persisted

The 19th century Lyndhurst Mansion, a riverside home-turned-museum in Tarrytown, New York, is a place that conjures images of a time gone by – a surprising venue for an art exhibit that includes antique quilts and a beaded toilet.

Howard Zar, executive director of Lyndhurst Mansion, is co-curator of a new exhibit that's full of surprises, called "Women's Work," a presentation spanning 300 years featuring historic and forgotten works, many crafted by anonymous women. He told correspondent Faith Salie, "Women's work that is performed in the home in a domestic setting, like the one that we're in, although a grand one for that matter, all that gets diminished and marginalized."

Zar's goal was to present historic pieces made by women side-by-side with those of well-known contemporary female artists who still struggle to be seen.