Smithsonian Voices

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Sixteen college students and one Smithsonian staff member meet on Zoom

Because of Her Story Interns Become Changemakers

Last summer 16 students joined the Smithsonian from home to amplify women's voices and tell a more complete American story.

Patsy T. Mink wears a lei and smiles

Hearing the Voices of Women Leaders on Money, Power, and Policy

Dr. Tey Marianna Nunn (Addison Doty.)

Director Dr. Tey Marianna Nunn Leads the American Women’s History Initiative

Ophthalmologist Dr. Patricia Bath poses with students at the National Museum of American History in 2000. (National Museum of American History, Archives Center.)

Hear Voices of Women Leaders in Science, Technology, and Innovation

Thirteen “Because of Her Story” interns spent the summer uncovering stories of remarkable American women and learning museum practice. Pictured: Stella Hendricks, intern, National Portrait Gallery. (Michael Barnes)

“Because of Her Story” Interns Look to Historical Role Models

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Women of Apollo

Firooz Zahedi, Ellen DeGeneres, 1997. Gift of Time magazine, National Portrait Gallery (NPG.99.TC23.1) ©Firooz Zahedi

LGBTQ Women Who Made History

(Dino Morrow Photography)

Hawai'i’s Women Canoe Carvers

Effie Kapsalis is the Senior Digital Program Officer for the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.

A Conversation with Effie Kapsalis

Participants at a 1971 whale biology conference. Sheila Minor is pictured in the second row, center left. Photo via @mycandacejean

Uncovering Hidden Stories

Ariana Curtis

Ariana Curtis: Museums and the Everyday Woman

Gail Anderson

Gail Anderson: A Lifetime in Design

Constance Stuart Larrabee (left) and friend photographing among Ndebele women, near Pretoria, South Africa, 1936. All photos used in this story are courtesy Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Photographing Africa: A Woman’s View

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