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The Smithsonian has launched the American Women’s History Initiative, a comprehensive undertaking to document, research, collect, display, and share the rich and compelling story of women in the United States. Through this initiative, the Smithsonian seeks to amplify women’s voices, reach diverse and international audiences, and empower generations. In celebration of the AWHI, Smithsonian.com has collected representative examples of its coverage of diverse women throughout American history.

Votes for Women

The Thorny Road to the 19th Amendment

Historian Ellen Carol DuBois chronicles the twists and turns of the 75-year-path to securing the vote for women in her new book
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At the Smithsonian

These Objects Begin to Tell the Story of Women's History in America
Queen Liliʻuokalani Created Some of Hawaii's Most Popular Music
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More Than Forty Years Later, Artists Answer a Still-Relevant Question: ‘What Is Feminist Art?’
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The Woman Who Pushed the Smithsonian to Preserve the Victory for Suffrage
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How Women Got the Vote Is a Far More Complex Story Than the History Textbooks Reveal
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The Bold Accomplishments of Suffragists of Color
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Women in STEM

Can We Really Combat Climate Change by Consuming Less? Maybe.

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Smithsonian Curators Remember Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician Highlighted in 'Hidden Figures,' Who Died at 101

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Nine Women Whose Remarkable Lives Deserve the Biopic Treatment

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At Long Last, an Exhibition Celebrates Centuries of Women at Work

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For the First Time, a National U.S. Observatory Has Been Named for a Female Astronomer: Vera Rubin

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Astronaut Christina Koch Breaks Record for Longest Spaceflight by a Woman

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Watch the First All-Female Spacewalk

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How Charlotte Moore Sitterly Wrote The Encyclopedia of Starlight

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They Shaped Culture

The Feminist History of ‘Take Me Out to the Ball Game’
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New Book Draws Inspiration From Life Stories of African American Women
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As Popular in Her Day as J.K. Rowling, Gene Stratton-Porter Wrote to the Masses About America's Fading Natural Beauty
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Future of Women's History

Eight Innovators to Watch in 2020

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Astronaut Christina Koch Breaks Record for Longest Spaceflight by a Woman

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Heidi Schreck's Riveting Play Deconstructs the U.S. Constitution

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This Bioplastic Made From Fish Scales Just Won the James Dyson Award

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Joy Harjo’s New Poetry Collection Brings Native Issues to the Forefront

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Introducing the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative

Women's Suffrage Exhibits

National Museum of American History

Creating Icons: How We Remember Woman Suffrage

National Archives

Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote

Library of Congress

Shall Not Be Denied

Sidedoor: A Smithsonian Podcast

The Milkmaid Spy

Stories From the Collections

The First Jogbra Was Made by Sewing Together Two Men's Athletic Supporters

An archive collected from the sports company reveals that the bra gave a boost to women's athletics
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Businesswoman Madam C. J. Walker Started a Hair Care Empire

A tin of hair conditioner in the Smithsonian collections reveals a story of the entrepreneurial and philanthropic success of a former washerwoman
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Works of Pioneering Photographer Constance Stuart Larrabee to Be Digitized

The work of Constance Stuart Larrabee, a pioneering photographer, will soon be digitized
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For Turn-of-the-Century African-Americans, the Camera Was a Tool for Empowerment

A new installment in the Smithsonian's “Double Exposure” photo book series depicts black Americans championing their lives through photography
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Civil Rights Icon Renée Richards' Wooden Tennis Racket

After winning the New York State men's title in 1964, Richard Raskind became Renée Richards and a civil rights icon
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New Ella Fitzgerald Exhibit Illuminates The Jazz Queen's Early Career

The preeminent vocalist is remembered on the centennial of her birth
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A Rare, 19th-Century Silhouette of a Same-Sex Couple Living Together

A new show, featuring the paper cutouts, reveals unheralded early Americans, as well as contemporary artists working with this old art form
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The Youngest of the Little Rock Nine Speaks About Holding on to History

Carlotta Walls LeNier, whose school dress is in the Smithsonian, says much was accomplished and now we need to hold onto it
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Mementos Tell The Story of The Ace Aviatrix Who Inspired Amelia Earhart

With flint and derring-do, the early 20th century pilot Ruth Law ruled American skies
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The Unknown Designer of the First Home Pregnancy Test Is Finally Getting Her Due

Margaret Crane says it was a simple idea, but it met with enormous push back
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Dian Fossey’s Gorilla Skulls Are a Symbol of Her Fight

At a new Smithsonian exhibition, the skulls of “Limbo” and “Green Lady” have a story to tell
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The First Jogbra Was Made by Sewing Together Two Men’s Athletic Supporters

An archive collected from the sports company reveals that the bra gave a boost to women's athletics
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Luisa Moreno Was Expelled From the U.S. for Her Labor Activism

The little-known story of an early champion of workers’ rights receives new recognition
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Videos

This French Woman Risked Her Life to Document Nazi Theft

How Rosa Parks's Protest Sparked a Momentous Chain of Events

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

For use in the classroom or your community, a list of lesson plans and other teaching materials on women's history in America