NWHM Welcomes New Board Member

The National Women’s History Museum welcomed Beverly Guy-Sheftall to its board. Guy-Sheftall is the Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies and director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center at Spelman College. Guy-Sheftall is the recipient of numerous fellowships and awards. She has been involved with the national women’s studies movement since its inception and provided leadership for the establishment of the first women’s studies major at a historically Black college. She has been involved in a number of advocacy organizations including the National Black Women’s Health Project, the National Council for Research on Women, and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, on whose boards she has served. In her role as Director of Spelman’s Women’s Center, she has also been involved with the development of student activism around misogynist images of Black women in hip hop as well as a broad range of social justice issues, including reproductive rights and violence against women. She teaches women’s studies courses, including feminist theory and global Black feminisms.