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Understanding women’s history is integral to understanding the American experience. Although often underrepresented in recorded histories, women helped build the United States of America of today and women will help shape the United States of America of the future. Explore this page to learn more about objects and resources from the National ...
During World War II, some 350,000 women served in the U.S. military, and around 150,000 of them served in the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC), later the Women’s Army Corps (WAC). Created in May 1942, the WAAC was the first unit to allow women to take on military roles in the U.S. Army other than nursing.
Women's History Month Menu. Celebrate Women’s History Month in the museum's cafe (Lower Level) during the month of March, with a special menu honoring chef Julia Child. Before or after your delicious lunch, be sure to visit Julia's kitchen in our exhibition FOOD: Transforming the American Table. Cookbook by Julia Child, from her kitchen ...
Women stuffed newspaper or rags into steel-toe shoes that were otherwise too large. Safety ordinances also required women to cover their hair in bandanas or scarves. (1985.0851.23) Rosie the Riveter. Rosie the Riveter became the symbol of the thousands of women who worked to build bombers, transports, and fighter planes.
Women in Military Service for America. "Women in World War I," Reforming Their World: Women in the Progressive Era, National Women's History Museum. "Women in wartime," Australian Stories, Australian Government. 1 Barton C. Hacker, “Women and Military Institutions in Early Modern Europe: A Reconnaissance,” Signs 6, no. 4 (Summer 1981): 644.
Woman with medical equipment. Marion O’Brien Donovan, around 1988, with one of her later inventions—the Big Hang-Up closet organizer. Marion O'Brien Donovan Papers, 1949-1996, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, AC0721-0000044. Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992), became one of the first programmers, writing code for the Mark ...
Welcome to American History. The museum's world class collections help tell the complex history of our nation. We are located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Open today 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Plan Your Visit.
The history of girlhood is not what people think; it is complicated. Young women are often told that girls are “made of sugar and spice and everything nice.”. What we learn from the past is that girls are made of stronger stuff. They changed history. From Helen Keller to Naomi Wadler, girls have spoken up, challenged expectations, and been ...
The Disability Rights Movement, organized in the 1970s, has been similar to other movements in important ways. Attitudes needed changing for social change to happen. Paternalism thwarted access to basic rights like education, marriage, work, and housing. Segregation and discrimination contributed to poverty and isolation.
The First Ladies. The First Ladies explores the unofficial but important position of first lady and the ways that different women have shaped the role to make their own contributions to the presidential administrations and the nation. The exhibition features more than two dozen gowns from the Smithsonian’s almost 100-year old First Ladies ...