National Park Service Awards Grant to Study Women’s History in DC
Last month, the National Park serviced awarded a $50,000 grant to Washington DC to fund a study of women’s history […]
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Delaware’s Annual Chautauqua Tent Show to Celebrate Women’s Suffrage Movement
In the late nineteenth century, adults gathered in large tents to hear lectures, see performances, and listen to sermons. Tent […]
PA Museum Offers Virtual Tour of Women’s Suffrage Exhibit
2020 marks an important anniversary in US women’s history- the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Museums and […]
Winterthur Uses Social Media to Let You See Inside the Galleries
Many of the digital history projects I have browsed during this quarantine were produced by institutions I have visited in-person. […]
Old Barracks Exhibit Explores Its Role in Anti-Suffrage Movement
Museums across the country have been mounting women’s suffrage exhibits in anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of […]
Attending the Brooklyn Museum’s Virtual Dinner Party
When I go to a museum, I like to read every piece of available text. While I can appreciate some […]
Goucher College Honors Suffragette History
In 1917, women from around the country picketed outside the White House demanding a federal woman’s suffrage amendment. Among the […]
NJ May Add Suffragist Alice Paul to the National Statuary Hall Collection
Each day thousands of tourists visit the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol building. This room is the center […]
Chester County Historical Society Wins Women’s History Contest
The Chester County Historical Society holds an impressive collection of memorabilia related to women’s suffrage in Pennsylvania, but perhaps the […]
Baltimore Museum of Art Will Only Buy Works by Women Artists in 2020
The Baltimore Museum of Art holds 95,000 works of art. Of that, just four percent are works made by women. […]