Smithsonian Voices

From the Smithsonian Museums

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Understanding Hyperinflation, From Revolutionary France to Zimbabwe

The development of paper money is key to understanding hyperinflation throughout history

Anti-suffrage pennant

Why a Social Activist Opposed Woman Suffrage

Portrait of Madam C. J. Walker, taken in 1915.

How Madam C.J. Walker Changed Philanthropy

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Illustrating the Teddy Roosevelt Africa Expedition

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The Workers' Turkey

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When Computer Programming Was "Just Like Planning a Dinner"

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Essential or Expendable? How the UFW Fights for Farmworkers

Rea Ann Silva with an oversized version of the Beautyblender sponge (Courtesy of Beautyblender)

How Rea Ann Silva Invented the Beautyblender—and Changed Makeup Forever

Rebecca Lukens (National Iron and Steel Heritage Museum, Coatesville, Pennsylvania)

How Rebecca Lukens Became the Nation's First Woman Industrialist

Photograph for a Coca-Cola ad featuring Selena, 1994. Photo by Al Rendon. (NMAH)

How Do We Remember Selena?

Rendon working on a photoshoot with Selena, 1994. Photo courtesy of Rick Tolar. (NMAH)

How an Advertising Photographer Created Some of the Most Iconic Images of Selena

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Reflecting on the Ten Year Anniversary of DACA

Before Memorial Day, Learn the Language of Flowers

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