Mar 17, 2021 | Girls We Love, Women's History Month
Search for: Smithsonian National Museum of American History Exhibit 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...
Mar 17, 2021 | Girls We Love, Women's History Month
Search for: “As a young girl, I struggled with insecurities about my looks and my incredibly wild imagination, but the moment I saw Grace Jones, it was like everything clicked. Her confidence, her style, her humor, her vivacious spirit and her beautiful...
Mar 17, 2021 | Girls We Love, Human Rights, Politics, Women's History Month
Search for: Events, rallies mark 1-year anniversary of Breonna Taylor’s death On March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor was shot and killed in her home by police officers who broke down her door to serve a search warrant. One year later, her death and her name continue...
Mar 17, 2021 | Organizations We Love, Women's History Month
Search for: For the last twenty years, the National Women’s History Museum has served as the largest online cultural institution dedicated to US women’s history. As an institution, it has galvanized support for preserving, illuminating, and sharing the powerful...
Aug 14, 2019 | Women's History Month
Search for: Celebrating 50 Years of Giant Leaps for “Womankind” Fifty years ago, Neil Armstrong took one small step that forever changed the world. The history-making moon landing will always stand as a global victory, proving that the unimaginable is...
Mar 7, 2019 | Women's History Month
Search for: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Ruth Bader Ginsburg became the second female justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Born in 1933 in Brooklyn, New York, Bader taught at Rutgers University Law School and then at Columbia University, where she became its first female tenured...