Women's History Month celebrates the contributions that women have made in all aspects of society. Learn more about their accomplishments through our selection of articles and photo galleries

In the summer of 2005, Austrian-born field biologist Gudrun Pflueger set out on a quest to find the elusive Canadian coast wolves. "I really think that good observation of our animals is still a very important and necessary part of understanding them

Wolf Tracker

Biologist Gudrun Pflueger talks about her encounter with a Canadian pack

Decade by Decade

Explore some of the most significant achievements made by women in the past century

Virginia Hall

WANTED: The Limping Lady

The intriguing and unexpected true story of America's most heroic—and most dangerous— female spy

The Supremes

The Real Dreamgirls

How girl groups changed American music

Margaret Bourke-White

A Life Less Ordinary

One of Life magazine's original four photographers, Margaret Bourke-White snapped shots around the world

Joan of Arc retains her status as a religious and patriotic heroine, especially in France.

France's Leading Lady

Relics from her 1431 execution are a forgery. Will we ever know the real Joan of Arc?

EXPLORE MORE

Laurie Marker
  • Rare Breed
    Can the director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund help the world's fastest mammal outrun its fate?
Egyptian queen Cleopatra
restored family home of First Lady Ida McKinley
  • Remembering the Ladies
    A new series of commemorative coins honors presidential spouses whose achievements have long been overlooked
"I was proud to show that our Indian people are still doing this," Joyce Growing Thunder Fogarty says of her handiwork.
  • Beading the Way
    How Joyce Growing Thunder Fogarty created one of the centerpieces for the National Museum of American Indian's "Identity by Design" exhibition

Advertisement

From the Smithsonian Channel


Photo Gallery

On March 3, 1913, the day before Woodrow Wilson

Equal Say

SLIDESHOW: A photographic essay of how women won the vote