As its first major achievement, the NWHM spearheaded the effort with other women’s organizations to raise $85,000 and generate public support to move this monument of Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony out of its 76‑year confinement in the Capitol Crypt to the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Now over 4 million visitors a year can see the contributions of these leaders of the Women’s Suffrage Movement.
Women History Trail Act authorizes the National Park Service to establish an auto trail in upstate New York
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and Representative Louise Slaughter, both members of the NWHM Honorary Board of Directors, have introduced legislation to establish the “Votes for Women History Trail.” The Votes for Women History Trail Act authorizes the National Park Service to establish an auto trail in upstate New York. Read the rest of this entry »
Once proper facilities are available, the National Women’s History Museum will become a collecting institution. Material culture serves as a tangible reminder of women’s active participation in historical events. Read the rest of this entry »
NWHM CAMPAIGN RECEIVES ENORMOUS SUPPORT FROM ITS COALITION MEMBERS
The National Women’s History Museum launched a nationwide Campaign on March 2, 2006, at the National Press Club to promote enactment of The National Women’s History Museum Act during this session of Congress. The NWHM’s 31 member National Coalition of over 8 million women (including the newest member Federally Employed Women) have joined NWHM in calling for women and men around the country to express their support of the passage of the National Women’s History Museum Act. Read the rest of this entry »
HONORING BETTY FRIEDAN
Women’s rights leader and activist Betty Friedan passed away on February 4th, 2006, at the age of eighty-five. Friedan’s book The Feminine Mystique (1963) is regarded as one of the most influential nonfiction books of the twentieth century as it helped ignite the women’s movement of the 1960’s and ‘70’s, transforming American society and culture. Read the rest of this entry »
Coretta Scott King passed away early this morning, January 31, 2006, at the age of 78. King was born on April 27, 1927, in Perry County, Alabama. She said that she was determined, even in girlhood, to do something positive for the cause of human rights. Like many women in history, King was known for much of her life as a helpmate to her famous husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; raising their children and working behind the scenes as he led the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and ’60s. Read the rest of this entry »
NATIONAL MALL SITE IS CHOSEN FOR THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
On January 30, 2006, the Smithsonian’s Board of Regents approved a museum site for the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Congress, which has had the museum under consideration since the 1980′s, instructed the Regents to choose from four sites, two on the Mall and two nearby. The location they have selected is at the southwest corner of 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, a central location near the Washington Monument. NWHM extends its congratulations to the Museum! Read the rest of this entry »
Smithsonian Magazine honors NWHM’s Dr. Sally Ride
Smithsonian Magazine has named NWHM Membership Chair Sally Ride as one of its “35 Who Made A Difference” in the November 2005 special anniversary issue. In addition, to Dr. Ride’s extraordinary record as the nation’s first female astronaut and her stellar NASA career, her current work is aimed at assuring that girls get to share in the field of science. Read the rest of this entry »
Sarah Winnemucca, Native American Activist, honored as Nevada places her statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol. Read the rest of this entry »
NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MUSEUM ANNOUNCES NATIONAL COALITION
Twenty-three National Organizations declare support for Museum’s Mission and Proposed Site
November 3, 2003 – The National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) announced that twenty-three national organizations have joined forces to support the mission of the Museum and work with its leaders to acquire a site for a permanent Museum near the National Mall in Washington, DC. The NWHM National Coalition members, comprised of leading women’s service and professional organizations, represent constituencies reaching over 8 million members.
