The True Story Behind the Harriet Tubman Movie
“Harriet,” a new film starring Cynthia Erivo, is the first feature film dedicated solely to the American icon
A New Monopoly Celebrates Women. But What About the Game’s Own Overlooked Inventor?
At the turn of the 20th century, Lizzie Magie created the Landowner’s Game, which sought to teach players about the injustices of wealth concentration
The Library of Congress Needs Your Help Transcribing Suffragist Papers
Nearly 16,000 pages of diaries, letters, speeches and other documents are available on the library’s crowdsourcing platform
How the Camera Introduced Americans to Their Heroines
A new show at the National Portrait Gallery spotlights figures including Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lucretia Mott and Margaret Fuller
Long-Forgotten Monument to Prison Reformer Will Be Reinstalled in New York Courthouse
Rebecca Salome Foster was known as the “Tombs Angel” in recognition of her work with inmates housed at a Manhattan prison known as “The Tombs”
Women Have Been Voting in Wyoming for 150 Years, and Here Is How the State Is Celebrating
To mark the anniversary, Wyoming is delivering an impressive lineup of events, from a reenactment of the first vote to female-focused exhibits and retreats
How Women Got the Vote Is a Far More Complex Story Than the History Textbooks Reveal
An immersive story about the bold and diverse women who helped secure the right to vote is on view at the National Portrait Gallery
Women’s Rights Monument in N.Y.C. Approved Amid Accusations of Whitewashing
The original design, which has since been altered, was criticized for minimizing the contributions of black suffrage leaders
These Haunting Red Dresses Memorialize Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women
Artist Jaime Black says the REDress Project is an expression of her grief for thousands of Native victims
These Objects Begin to Tell the Story of Women’s History in America
Thirteen artifacts from the National Museum of American History chronicle profound changes in the life of the nation
The Statistician Who Debunked Sexist Myths About Skull Size and Intelligence
Though she laid bare the false claim of women’s intellectual inferiority, Alice Lee failed to apply the same logic to race
Remembering “Godmother of Title IX” Bernice Sandler
Sandler, often known as “Bunny,” played an important role in creating the landmark legislation
London’s Feminist Library Lives
A successful crowdfunding campaign saved the institution from closure and is financing its move to a new space
Two Women Make History by Entering One of India’s Holiest Sites
This is the first time that women have been able to enter the Sabarimala temple since India’s Supreme Court overturned a ban that denied them access
The True Story of the Case Ruth Bader Ginsburg Argues in ‘On the Basis of Sex’
Moritz v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue was the first gender-discrimination suit Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg argued in court
All Hail the Renaissance of Artemisia Gentileschi
The London National Gallery unveiled a restored portrait of the Baroque painter and announced a 2020 retrospective dedicated to the artist
Farmworkers Rights Activist Mily Treviño-Sauceda Empowers Women to Create Change
The founder of the Alianza Nacional de Campesinas joined poet Jacqueline Suskin in a conversation about family, women, strength and unity
2018 Smithsonian Ingenuity Awards
The Time’s Up Initiative Built Upon the Work Done by These Labor Activists
How the leaders of a farmworkers’ alliance reached across cultural divides to fight sexual harassment
Mary Borden’s Forgotten World War I Ballad to Mark Centenary of Armistice Day
The heiress, poet and activist funded and oversaw military field hospitals during both world wars, penned series of sonnets inspired by wartime experiences
Two Activists Fighting Against Sexual Violence in Wartime Are This Year’s Nobel Peace Prize Recipients
Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad are recognized for working to bring healing to victims, accountability to perpetrators and greater visibility to the public
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