Smithsonian American Women's History Museum | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/blog/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/RSS feed for Smithsonian American Women's History MuseumenMon, 04 May 2026 14:40:01 +0000How Four Women Built Careers on the Financial Lessons They Learned at Homehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2026/05/04/how-four-women-built-careers-on-the-financial-lessons-they-learned-at-home/In oral histories, advocates and executives reflect on how their mothers shaped their understanding of financial independence through quiet examples and everyday conversations.Mon, 04 May 2026 14:40:01 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2026/05/04/how-four-women-built-careers-on-the-financial-lessons-they-learned-at-home/How the American Women’s History Initiative Pool Lays the Groundwork for a New Museumhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2026/04/13/how-the-american-womens-history-initiative-pool-lays-the-groundwork-for-a-new-museum/Since 2018, the American Women's History Initiative Pool has funded more than 200 projects across the Smithsonian, supporting research, collections, and programming that make women's history visible long before the museum has a building.Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:06:18 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2026/04/13/how-the-american-womens-history-initiative-pool-lays-the-groundwork-for-a-new-museum/Before Computers Were Machines, They Were Women. Here Are Six Places Where Human Computers Built Modern Sciencehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2026/04/06/before-computers-were-machines-they-were-womenhere-are-six-places-where-human-computers-built-modern-science/From AT&T to NASA, women working as computers performed the calculations that made modern science possible. In the early 1900s, computing joined teaching and nursing as one of the few careers open to college-educated women, and it opened doors that few other professions couldMon, 06 Apr 2026 17:33:38 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2026/04/06/before-computers-were-machines-they-were-womenhere-are-six-places-where-human-computers-built-modern-science/