Smithsonian Voices

From the Smithsonian Museums

What's Happening in August: Events, Exhibits and Resources

Here's what's happening this month at the National Museum of American History

Three cards where visitors left handwritten messages invoking girl power. One card reads: “you think we're not good enough but we're just to [sic] good for you, girl power.”

What Does 'Girl Power' Really Mean?

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Ella at the Gala

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

How Madam C.J. Walker Changed Philanthropy

Robert Abbe's hourglass (NMAH)

Curing Cancer with a Single Gram of Radium

Speaker’s card advertising Walker’s services as a lecturer. Walker described herself as

Mary Walker, the Original "New Woman"