In the News: Women Making History Awards

The museum’s opening and annual gala was celebrated by Sharon Stone, Ashley Graham, Meryl Streep and more.

The National Women’s History Museum recently celebrated the opening of its inaugural exhibit in Washington, D.C. The in-person at the MLK Library focuses on Black feminists and their influence on national policy.

The actress sat down with InStyle at the Women Making History Awards Gala to talk about her philanthropy with Room To Grow and activist Julie Burns

"The museum’s Women Making History Awards Gala, is living proof that liberating others through service continues to be a tenet worth celebrating. Friday evening, the National Women’s History Museum honored five women who have made a sizable impact in their communities, including actress and activist Uma Thurman for her dedicated work with the nonprofit Room To Grow."

The model shared advice her mother gave her when she was younger.

"I really hope the next generation of girls knows what actual confidence is, and what their self-worth is, and that the world doesn't dictate that for them–that they can dictate it for themselves."

"King received the Women Making History Award for dedicating her life to civil rights. King grew up in Vidalia, Georgia in the 1940s and started working at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1962. Little did she know, that would lead her to making history and playing a critical role in the success of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As part of Dr. King’s executive staff, King typed his famous Letter From Birmingham Jail."

"On Friday, March 31, history was made at the Schuyler at the Hamilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. That's when the National Women’s History Museum hosted its 12th annual Women Making History awards program, honoring Uma Thurman, Sharon Stone, Ashley Graham, Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Willie Pearl Mackey King."

Ashley Graham looked back on how the fashion industry

"Ashley Graham delivered a powerful speech about challenging stereotypical beauty standards when she was honored at the National Women's History Museum's 2023 Women Making History Awards on March 31. Taking the stage at The Schuyler in Washington, D.C., the model and body image activist reflected on how she "had no idea what the fashion industry was really like" when she was first scouted as a tween at a Nebraska mall."

Ashley Graham, Sharon Stone, Uma Thurman, Willie Pearl Mackey King Honored

"Closing out Women’s History Month in a big way, the National Women’s History Museum honored sheroes who continue to fight for equity and justice with an awards gala at the Schuyler Hamilton Hotel in northwest D.C. Recognizing them as living history-makers, the 'Women Making History Awards Gala 2023,' honored barrier-breaking supermodel and entrepreneur Ashley Graham, civil rights activist Willie Pearl Mackey King, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), and actresses, philanthropists and human rights advocates Sharon Stone and Uma Thurman, all of whom were in attendance for the evening of celebration. "

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"Ashley Graham goes glam for the National Women's History Museum's Women Making History Awards at The Schuyler at the Hamilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., on March 31."

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"The National Women’s History Museum hosted a gala last night at the Hamilton Hotel, in celebration of the museum launching its first in-person exhibit at the MLK Library. SPOTTED: Uma Thurman, Sharon Stone, Ashley Graham, Laura Bell Bundy, Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), Vaughan Bagley, Adriane Brown, Bonnie Lautenberg, Susan Blumenthal, Megan Beyer, Kathleen Matthews, Kara Carscaden, Tiffany Shlain, Nancy O’Reilly, Zarna Garg, Donna Karan, Swiss Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud and Angelique Pitteloud, Sharon Bush, Karen Horne, Melanne Verveer, Luisana Pérez Fernández, Lori Montenegro, Dalila Wilson-Scott and Cheri Kaufman."

Sharon Stone and Uma Thurman were among those honored by the National Women’s History Museum.

"On Friday, March 31, history was made at the Schuyler at the Hamilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. That's when the National Women’s History Museum hosted its 12th annual Women Making History awards program, honoring Uma Thurman, Sharon Stone, Ashley Graham, Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Willie Pearl Mackey King.”

Sharon Stone, Cheri Kaufman, Ashley Graham, and Uma Thurman

"The actresses and the model pose with the co-founder of Kaufman Astoria Studios and New York Chair of the National Women's History Museum at The National Women's History Museum's 2023 Women Making History Awards Gala on March 31 at The Schuyler at the Hamilton Hotel in Washington, D.C."

"On Friday night, the National Women's History Museum will honor Willie Pearl Mackey King with the Women Making History Award for her work alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. While she's not related to Martin Luther King Jr., Mackey King played a major role in bringing his famous 'Letter from A Birmingham Jail' to life."

The nation’s capital is sending Women’s History Month out in style with back-to-back events in Northwest D.C. On Thursday night, the National Women’s History Museum opened its first brick-and-mortar exhibit, “We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC,” at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library on G Street, Northwest.

The National Women’s History Museum honored women whose work has shaped future generations. News4’s Tommy McFly reports from the red carpet at the Hamilton Hotel in D.C

"Carrying what she learned working for the SCLC with her throughout life, Mackey King would go on to get a business degree. She worked for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for 32 years before retiring, earning accolades as an activist and a place in the online National Women's History Museum."

"Davis was pitched the idea for the film in 2015 by Maria Bello, one of the movie's producers, in a speech she made presenting Davis with an award at the National Women’s History Museum in Los Angeles. The process from that moment to the final version viewers saw 'looks like something that does not make this business attractive,' Davis said."