Articles

Inspiring Voices: A Conversation with Former U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios

From 2022 through 2025, the Mint will design and issue five quarters annually as part of the American Women Quarters program.

Inspiring Voices: A Conversation with Gloria Calderón Kellett

Girls to the Front: How Young Women are Shaping Their Future

An article about the myth and reality of women's political participation after 1920.

An article about African American Nurses in World War II

An interview with Soumeya Benghanem, Chief Product Officer & President of strategy+action, a women-owned digital agency.

An article about maternity nursing

An article on the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps

An article on the future of women in STEM.

Dr. Jessica Kapp's STEM Career

Women of the Motor Corps didn’t take narrow confines for an answer as they persevered into the broad expanse of roadways, delivering care and comfort during the chaos of World War I.

If there is anything I’ve learned during my time outdoors, it is this—Mountains Have No Ceilings.

On June 21st, 1997, Lisa Leslie, center for the Los Angeles Sparks, and Kym Hampton, center for the New York Liberty, took the ceremonial “jump ball” marking the official start of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA).

Un sector de mujeres protestantes estableció en 1916 una serie de Ligas de Temperancia bajo el auspicio de la “Women Christian Temperance Union” y el liderazgo de Annie Robbins.

A sector of women from the Puerto Rican elite arose to organize the Women Temperance Societies, despite women being silenced for centuries in their attempts for political participation.

Monopoly’s roots begin with a woman— a progressive named Elizabeth Magie.

The opportunity for a greater political voice drew African American women to the suffrage movement.

Colleges for women in the United States, founded in the second half of the 19th century, began as dangerous experiments.

Dr. Ellen Ochoa was the first female Hispanic astronaut. Recently, we sat down with her for a discussion about her career, the future of women in aeronautics, and inspiring future generations of women.