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Explore our collection of virtual exhibits and learn about trailblazing women, past and present.

This exhibit spotlights the rich and vibrant voice of black women leaders in the movement and highlights their significant roles and contributions.

Civil Rights Protest

Standing up for Change

Women have played an essential role in the functions of NASA for almost a century. Learn about some of those women here.

The Women of NASA

Explore our timeline of women in the Civil Rights Movement.

Timeline: Civil Rights Movement

Explore the historic reasons women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics today.

Breaking In: Women in STEM

Fashion is more than just clothing. It's a form of self expression. Choices in clothing, style, and accessories express the wearer's personality and sense of self.

Fashioning Yourself!

Explore the women who have served in Congress over the past 100 years.

Legislating History

Explores the cultural, political, and social barriers women have overcome to play competitive sports.

Game Changers

Harriet Tubman was an outspoken advocate for African American and women's rights.

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman

Explore the ways women have been running for president before they could vote for the president.

First but Not the Last

Creating powerful political imagery was crucial to establishing a political presence and in bringing about voting rights for women.

Creating a Female Political Culture

Explore the various reform movements American women participated in during the 19th century.

Pathways to Equality

Explore the history of women in the Olympics with this interactive timeline.

Timeline: Women in the Olympics

American women have been sporting mad almost since sports were invented, but that didn't translate into participating in the Olympics.

Getting into the Games

Explore the ways that immigrant women have transformed America socially, politically, and economically.

New Beginnings

American women's peace advocacy has roots in 19th century US and European movements.

May Day Parade

On the March

Explore women's entrepreneurial history through this interactive exhibit.

From Ideas to Independence

The 1913 Woman Suffrage Procession through Washington, DC completely changed the way protests were viewed and carried out by the American public.

Woman Suffrage Procession

Parading for Progress

Timeline of the suffrage movement

Timeline: Woman Suffrage

American women and girls continue to innovate. An encouragement for girls to pursue STEM interests guarantees a steady supply of "Inventive Women" into the future.

Inventive Women

A timeline of the history of nursing in the United States

Timeline: The History of Nursing

This timeline details American women's involvement in World War I

Timeline: World War I

American women's contributions to the invention and formation of computer programming

Getting with the Program

A timeline of the First Ladies of the United States.

First Ladies Timeline

Women were involved in many, if not all, issues during early America. They fought for social causes outside of women's rights, and revolutionized the way women were seen and educated in the United States.

Timeline: Women's Rights in the Early Republic

Learn more about the outspoken advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women’s rights.

Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth

Referring to themselves as “Avenger Girls,” the Women Airforce Service Pilots were superheroes of aviation. They were the first women to fly for the US military, paving the way for women to serve equally in the US Air Force.

WASPs

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) of WWII

Discover more about the women of the Naval Reserve during World War II.

WAVES

The WAVES Of World War II

From its early iteration as a lifesaving organization the Coast Guard saw many women serve as rescue boat operators for stranded sailors and keepers of lighthouse lamps.

SPARS Poster

SPARS: Coast Guard Women in WWII

On 30 July 1942, the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve was established as part of the Marine Corps Reserve. The mission of the USMCWR was to provide qualified women for duty at shore establishments of the Marine Corps, releasing men for combat duty.

"Be a Marine, Free a Marine to Fight": The United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve

Unlike the other women’s auxiliaries, WACs served in all theatres of the war, dispelling the notion that women were unfit for combat conditions.

The Women's Army Corps: Female Soldiers in WWII

Maria Tallchief was one of the most accomplished dancers of the twentieth century, and was the first Native American woman to hold the rank of prima ballerina.

Maria Tallchief

Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina

The timeline of suffrage varied greatly between states before reaching a national momentum and Latinas played a direct role in advancing the movement.

Representation with a Hyphen: Latinas in the Fight for Women's Suffrage

Una historia del compromiso y la experiencia política bicultural de las latinas en los Estados Unidos

Representación con Guión: Latinas en la Lucha por el Sufragio Femenino

While many date the “first wave” of feminism to the Women’s Rights Convention held in 1848 in Seneca Falls, the origins of the feminism movement lay much earlier.

Feminism: The First Wave

Durante generaciones, el movimiento feminista ha avanzado notablemente en la defensa de los derechos de las mujeres.

Feminismo: La Primera Ola

Many scholars and activists assume that there are three distinct "waves" of feminism, with the “#MeToo Movement” marking a contemporary fourth wave. However, the history of the feminist movement is much more complex.

second wave

Feminism: The Second Wave

Al igual que la primera ola, que se desarrolló durante un período de reformas sociales, la segunda ola también tuvo lugar en medio de otros movimientos sociales y políticos.

Feminismo: La Segunda Ola

Maps were used in promotional suffrage materials, to place soapboxes and plan driving tours, and to indicate the progress of the movement, and were an essential tool of suffragists as they fought for the vote in the United States.

Mapping Suffrage: The Push for the 19th Amendment in Washington, DC

Feminism: The Third Wave

Year of the Woman

Feminism: The Third Wave

Con el inicio de la tercera ola en la década de 1990, las activistas por los derechos de las mujeres anhelaban un movimiento que continuara la labor de sus predecesoras a la vez que abordara sus luchas actuales.

Feminismo: La Tercera Ola

A virtual exhibit especially for young audiences about the life and work of artist and educator Alma Woodsey Thomas.

Alma Thomas: Everything is Beautiful

Explore the stories and important impact of Latinas in Congress in this exhibit.

Women Run, Women Win: Latinas in Congress

Explora esta exhibición para conocer las historias y el importante impacto de las Latinas en el Congreso.

Las Mujeres Corren / Las Mujeres Ganan: Latinas en el Congreso

Feminism: The Fourth Wave

Time's Up

Feminism: The Fourth Wave

Is Education Truly Equal? Explore NWHM’s new online exhibition that provides an overview of the history of women's access to higher education.

Educational Equality & Title IX: