American Women's History Initiative
Eight Digital Education Resources From Around the Smithsonian
The newly launched #SmithsonianEdu campaign highlights 1.7 million online tools geared specifically toward students and teachers
The Rough-and-Tumble Sport of Roller Derby Is All About Community
Participants promote a family-oriented fellowship of friends who like to beat each other up while wearing skates
Facing Blizzards and Accidents, Iditarod’s First Woman Champion Libby Riddles Persisted
A sled in the Smithsonian collections marks the historic race
The Woman Who Pushed the Smithsonian to Preserve the Victory for Suffrage
After lobbying in support of the 19th Amendment, free thinker Helen Hamilton Gardener strove to preserve the movement's legacy in the public memory
#5WomenArtists Campaign Tackles Gender Inequity for the Fifth Year in a Row
Though women make up nearly half of visual artists in the United States, they represent just 13 percent of artists in museum collections
More Than 40 Years Later, Artists Answer a Still-Relevant Question: What Is Feminist Art?
An exhibition from the Archives of American Art asks artists—and the viewer—to ponder what makes art feminist, and how that definition has evolved
London Will Install Six New Plaques Commemorating Women's History
The move is part of an ongoing effort to correct gender imbalances in the city's 150-year-old "blue plaque" initiative
Experience 1930s Europe Through the Words of Two African American Women
In the pages of the "Chicago Defender," the cousins detailed their adventures traversing the continent while also observing signs of the changing tides
From Ballerina Flats to Tutus, Ballet Has Left Its Mark on Fashion
A new exhibition in NYC features high-end couture, historic ballet costumes and modern athletic wear
Smithsonian Curators Remember Katherine Johnson, NASA Mathematician Highlighted in 'Hidden Figures,' Who Died at 101
An African American woman who battled workplace discrimination, Johnson performed crucial calculations to send astronauts into space
Smithsonian Curators Help Rescue the Truth From These Popular Myths
From astronaut ice-cream to Plymouth Rock, a group of scholars gathered at the 114th Smithsonian Material Culture Forum to address tall tales and myths
As Popular in Her Day as J.K. Rowling, Gene Stratton-Porter Wrote to the Masses About America's Fading Natural Beauty
Despite her fame, you wouldn't know about this beloved writer unless you visit the vanishing Midwestern landscape she helped save
Madam C.J. Walker Gets a Netflix Close-Up
A turn-of-the-century hair-care magnate who shared her wealth gets the spotlight
Madame Yale Made a Fortune With the 19th Century's Version of Goop
A century before today’s celebrity health gurus, an American businesswoman was a beauty with a brand
How the U.S. Government Deployed Grandma Moses Overseas in the Cold War
In 1950, an exhibition of the famed artist's paintings toured Europe in a promotional campaign of American culture
When a Women-Led Campaign Made It Illegal to Spit in Public in New York City
While the efficacy of the spitting policy in preventing disease transmission was questionable, it helped usher in an era of modern public health laws
Nine Women Whose Remarkable Lives Deserve the Biopic Treatment
From Renaissance artists to aviation pioneers, suffragists and scientists, these women led lives destined for the silver screen
New Book Draws Inspiration From Life Stories of African American Women
In “Brave. Black. First.,” meet more than 50 African American women who changed the world
The History of Wives Replacing Their Dead Husbands in Congress
This tradition was one of the main ways American women gained access to political power in the 20th century
Meet the New Wave of More 'Diverse' Barbie Dolls
The additions include dolls with no hair, prosthetic limbs and vitiligo
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