At the Smithsonian

A vintage promotional photograph commissioned and approved by Redfeather around 1915 is now held in the collections of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

AT THE SMITHSONIAN

The Forgotten History of Tsianina Redfeather, the Beloved American Indian Opera Singer

Carol Burnett's charwoman costume from her award-winning variety show (above in 1973) is now held in the collections of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

AT THE SMITHSONIAN

Carol Burnett Reveals How She Came to Create the Charwoman

At the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, the story of the Watergate whistleblower Martha Mitchell (detail, oil on canvas, Jan De Ruth, 1970) from Pine Bluff, Arkansas—who pundits dubbed the "Mouth of the South"—is revisited in a new exhibition, "Watergate: Portraiture and Intrigue."

AT THE SMITHSONIAN

Martha Mitchell Was the Brash 'Mouth of the South' That Roared

A western-style performance outfit worn by Patsy Cline and sewed by her mother. The suit features record-shaped patches stitched with the titles of some of Cline's records.


 

AT THE SMITHSONIAN

When Patsy Cline Broke Through as a Country Music Phenom

They Shaped Culture

The traveling exhibition "Simone Leigh" is now on view at the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden through March 3, 2024, before traveling to Los Angeles next summer (above: the artist in 2021).

AT THE SMITHSONIAN

The World Is Running to Catch Up With Simone Leigh

The full title of the painting by Clara Peeters is Still life of roses, carnations, tulips, narcissi, irises, love-in-a-mist, larkspur, and other flowers, in a wicker basket, with a butterfly and a cricket.

SMART NEWS

See the Rediscovered Still Life by Forgotten 17th-Century Master Clara Peeters

On the new U.S. quarter, sculptor Joseph Menna and designer Benjamin Sowards depict Tallchief floating through the air in the middle of a dramatic leap in The Firebird.

SMART NEWS

New U.S. Quarter Honors Maria Tallchief, America's First Prima Ballerina

Preparation for Bobby Baker's 1976 An Edible Family in a Mobile Home, which is being restaged by Tate Britain next month

SMART NEWS

You Can Eat These Sculptures at Tate Britain

Women in STEM

Rosalind Franklin's work with X-ray imaging played an important part in the discovery of DNA's structure.

SMART NEWS

What We're Still Learning About Rosalind Franklin’s Unheralded Brilliance

The Space Launch System rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, early Wednesday morning, kicking off NASA's Artemis moon program.

SMART NEWS

NASA Launches Artemis 1 in Giant Leap Toward Returning to the Moon

It’s shocking how many everyday inventions we use without acknowledging the inventors that helped bring them to us.

INNOVATION

Five Women Inventors You Didn't Learn About in History Class

Eileen McSaveney (left) and Terry Tickhill (right) use a hand augur to drill Lake Vanda, Wright Valley, Antarctica, during the 1969-1970 field season. Water collected during this effort was used to date the lake.

TRAVEL

Ten Pioneering Women of Antarctica and the Places Named for Them

Future of Women's History

Preet Chandi trains in Chamonix before starting her journey across Antarctica.

SMART NEWS

‘Polar Preet’ Sets Out to Become the First Woman to Cross Antarctica Solo and Unsupported

Between March 19 and April 17, 1964, Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock (above: at the start of her journey at Ohio's Port Columbus Airport) flew her single-engine Cessna 180, dubbed "Charlie," solo around the globe setting a world record.

AT THE SMITHSONIAN

Who Was the First Woman to Fly Solo Around the World?

President Biden announced his pick to fill the US Supreme Court vacancy on Friday: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.

SMART NEWS

What to Know About Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Historic Nomination to the Supreme Court