Online Exhibits

For centuries, women were told to stay home, take care of the cooking and cleaning, and don’t push the boundaries. These women challenged those ideas.

Outdoor Adventurers

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 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

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.

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

A timeline of the United States' First Ladies.

First Ladies Timeline

A timeline of the history of nursing in the United States

Timeline: The History of Nursing

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

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

Getting with the Program

Find out about the history of summer camps and how they helped girls develop self-confidence and independence.

Fun in the Sun

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

Timeline: World War I

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

Explore our timeline of women in the Civil Rights Movement.

Timeline: Civil Rights Movement

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