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In celebration of Women's History Heritage month, the Smithsonian Institution and places across the country honor the culture and diversity of Women with exhibits, lectures and other events. Interested in listing your cultural event in celebration of Women's History Heritage Month? Email us at EventRSVP@si.edu
| CONNECTICUT | |
| Location: | Mashantucket Pequot Museum (Smithsonian Affiliate) |
| City: | Mashantucket |
| Date: | March 14, 2009, 9:30 am - 4:00 pm |
| Description: | A workshop entitled "Our Remembered Sisters: Celebrating Native Women of Southern New England". This round-table discussion, led by several Native women from the area, focuses on contemporary issues. |
| CALIFORNIA | |
| Location: | Japanese American National Museum (Smithsonian Affiliate) |
| City: | Los Angeles |
| Date: | March 7, 2009, 2 pm |
| Description: | A conversation with Greg Robinson and Elena Tajima Creef will present excerpts from their new anthology Miné Okubo: Following Her Own Road. They will discuss artist Miné Okubo's life and work, including the creation and influence of her pioneering camp memoir CITIZEN 13660. |
| MARYLAND | |
| Location: | B & O Railroad Museum (Smithsonian Affiliate) |
| City: | Baltimore |
| Date: | March 1 - 31, 2009 |
| Description: | Celebrate Women's History Month Proudly presented by AMTRAK. Come and learn about the contributions women made to the B&O and the modern history of women in the railroading industry. |
| Location: | College Park Aviation Museum (Smithsonian Affiliate) |
| City: | College Park |
| Date: | March 8, 2 pm |
| Description: | Women in Aviation Lecture "Dashing German Girls"- German Women Pilots until 1945 by Dr. Evelyn Zegenhagen, currently a Verville fellow at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, about the exciting story of German women pilots until 1945. |
| MISSOURI | |
| Location: | American Jazz Museum (Smithsonian Affiliate) |
| City: | Kansas City |
| Date: | all month, kicking off Sunday, February 28, 2009 |
| Description: | In recognition of Women's History Month in March 2009, the American Jazz Museum is pleased to announce its annual celebration of Women in Jazz through a variety of live musical performances and education programs at the Museum and its Blue Room jazz club, both of which will showcase female performers and explore the history of women in jazz. The official kick-off for Women in Jazz takes place on Saturday, February 28 in the Blue Room with a performance by the Deborah Brown Quartet featuring special guest Mike del Ferro, a world-renowned jazz pianist from Amsterdam. |
| MONTANA | |
| Location: | Montana Historical Society (Smithsonian Affiliate) |
| City: | Helena |
| Date: | March 4, 2009 |
| Description: | "From Bower to Blew, and Everyone in Between: Montana's Women Writers." MSU Billings English Professor Sue Hart will highlight Montana women writers who brought attention to Montana as home to literary giants. Ms. Hart will focus on women authors including fiction writers, poets and non-fiction writers in her program. |
| PENNSYLVANIA | |
| Location: | African American Museum in Philadelphia (Smithsonian Affiliate) |
| City: | Philadelphia |
| Date: | March 14, 2:00 - 4:00 pm |
| Description: | In partnership with the Civil War Museum, join the African American Museum in Philadelphia for a conversation between Mary Todd Lincoln and her favorite dress maker, Madame Elizabeth Keckly, who reveal the social political climate of the two great titans: Fredrick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. These two women will also explore issues related to women during the time period as well as the political landscape during such a tumultuous time in our nation's history. This vignette will be followed by a celebration of the two men's birthdays including cake and conversations about their lives. |
| TENNESSEE | |
| Location: | National Civil Rights Museum |
| City: | Memphis |
| Date: | through April 5, 2009 |
| Description: | Freedom's Sisters, a collaboration between the Smithsonian's Traveling Exhibition Service and the Cincinnati Museum Center, brings to life 20 African American women, from key 19th-century historical figures to contemporary leaders, who have fought for equality for all Americans. The exhibition features strong images of extraordinary women who, while less prominent in the media, shaped much of the spirit and substance of civil rights in America, just as their mothers and grandmothers had done for decades. Organized around the themes of "Dare to Dream," "Inspire Lives," "Serve the Public," and "Look to the Future," graphically striking interactive stations tell the stories of Harriet Tubman, Coretta Scott King, Rosa Parks, and 13 other women leaders. |
| TEXAS | |
| Location: | The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future (Smithsonian Affiliate) |
| City: | Dallas |
| Date: | through March 15, 2009 |
| Description: | Diana Walker: Photojournalist exhibition, organized by the Smithsonian's Traveling Exhibition Service. Diana Walker photographed White House life from the Ford to the Clinton administrations. Occasionally, she and Time magazine were granted behind-the-scenes access to the private side of life in the White House. As a talented photographer and shrewd journalist, Walker captured images that were consistently chosen by her editors to lead articles and grace numerous covers. Diana Walker: Photojournalist contains 82 color and black-and-white photographs of her White House work as well as wonderful portraits of other noteworthy people and events. Time and other magazine covers and page layouts accompany the photographs, documenting the transformation of individual images into iconic publishing moments. |
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