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Founded in 1996, the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) is an innovative online museum dedicated to uncovering, interpreting, and celebrating women’s diverse contributions to society. A renowned leader in women’s history education, the Museum brings to life the countless untold stories of women throughout history, and serves as a space for all to inspire, experience, collaborate, and amplify women’s impact—past, present, and future. We strive to fundamentally change the way women and girls see their potential and power.
Each time a girl opens a book and reads a womanless history, she learns she is worth less.
Myra Pollack SadkerProfessor, Author, Researcher, and Activist
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Sign up for a free guided tour of our new exhibition, We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC! During your tour, a guide will take you on a brief tour of the exhibition and be available to answer additional questions as you explore further. Tours are recommended for visitors 12 and up.
Featured Biographies for June
Did you know?
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and civil rights lawyer and Black feminist Pauli Murray developed a friendship that lasted over two decades. Both Roosevelt and Murray will appear on special commemorative quarters as part of the American Women Quarters Program.
You can learn more about First Lady and humanitarian Eleanor Roosevelt, civil rights lawyer and priest Pauli Murray, and their contemporary Mary McLeod Bethune in this month’s featured biographies.
Use the NWHM’s compendium of online biographies to spark curiosity and dig deeper into women’s impact in our shared history. Explore more here.
If we want our girls to benefit from the courage and wisdom of the women before them, we have to share the stories.
Shireen Dodson
Explore Virtual Exhibits
Timeline: Civil Rights Movement
Alma Thomas: Everything is Beautiful
Students and Educators
Discover our educational resources. Find lesson plans, biographies, posters, timelines, videos, and more on a wide variety of women's history topics.
Museum News

New Exhibit Spotlights the Impact of Black Feminists in Washington

For Educators, By Educators 2023 is Now Open!

Women Making History Awards Returns to DC
