American Women's History Initiative

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Exploring Women Innovators with USA Today

Learn stories of pioneering innovators and their life-changing innovations through puzzles and activities for all ages.

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.

Dr. Tey Marianna Nunn (Addison Doty.)

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

Dr. Nunn shares what inspires her about leading work focused on women's history at the Smithsonian.

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

A Conversation with Effie Kapsalis

Effie Kapsalis has a cool job. As the Senior Digital Program Officer for the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative, she works with curators and researchers to uncover girls' and women's stories embedded deep within the Smithsonian and give them a new life—and long-deserved recognition—online. Recently, we talked with her about the Smithsonian's "digital-first" approach to women's history, correcting the Wikipedia gender imbalance and finding inspiration from an early 20th century museum elevator operator who became an expert on insects.

Ariana Curtis

Ariana Curtis: Museums and the Everyday Woman

When Débora Nazareno, an Afro-Indian woman who lived in remote Ecuador in the early 20th century, sat in her hand-carved boat seat to tell stories to her grandson, little did she know the seat would be the first object donated to a new Smithsonian museum nearly a century later.

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