If you don't have a building, what exactly do you do?
Even though the NWHM is still in the process of getting a permanent
physical site, we've done quite a bit.
- Our first success: NWHM raised $85,000 and generated
public support to move this monument of Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony from the U.S. Capitol Crypt
to the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
- NWHM created a traveling exhibit, Rights for Women,
in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Women's Rights Convention
held in Seneca Falls, New York. The exhibit was curated by Edith
P. Mayo, Curator Emeritus, Smithsonian National Museum of American
History, and displayed at the World Financial Center.
- "Clandestine Women; the Untold Stories of Women in Espionage"
opened in March 2002. This exhibition at the Women In Military
Service For America Memorial honors all women intelligence officers
who have served this country.
- Partners in Winning the War; American Women In World War II opened in May 2004. The exhibition is a photographic tribute of posters, photographs, articles and documents that demonstrate the contributions and sacrifices of women in the effort to win the war.
- Most recently, on July 29th, 2005, the U.S. Senate passed S.501, the National Women's History Museum Act of 2005, by unanimous consent. Senator Susan Collins introduced the bill with 20 cosponsors, including all of the female Senators. The Senate previously passed a similar bill, S.1741, unanimously in 2003. Both times the bill was referred to the House of Representatives. The bill is currently pending in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
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Until we have a permanent site, we will continue to open temporary
exhibitions in other venues and create virtual exhibitions and programming
that will be accessible from our website.
Is the National Women's History Museum a Smithsonian museum?
We are privately funded and just happen to be in the same town
as most of the Smithsonian museums. Once a physical site is established,
we will apply to the Smithsonian for an affiliation. This will allow
us to borrow objects from the Smithsonian's collections for use
in exhibitions.
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Alexandria, VA 22304
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