March is Women's History Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of women whose commitment to nature and the planet have proved invaluable to society.
Rosa Parks Collection: Telling Her Story at the Library of Congress
The Rosa Parks Collection Is Now Online
The Rosa Parks Collection at the Library of Congress contains approximately 7,500 manuscripts and 2,500 photographs and is on loan to the Library for 10 years from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation.
AfroPop Worldwide
AfroPop Worldwide, a weekly, hour-long program and website (afropop.org), examines the music and culture of the African diaspora through a rich mix of in- the-field interviews, musical performances, and scholarly commentary. AfroPop Worldwide is funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Listen to "Africa in America: Ladies' Edition" (external link)
Tupperware!
In the 1950s, American women discovered they could earn thousands -- even millions -- of dollars from bowls that burped. "Tupperware ladies" fanned out across the nation's living rooms, selling efficiency and convenience to their friends and neighbors through home parties. Tupperware! is an NEH funded documentary from the PBS American Experience series.
The Women of Four Wars
The limited but important roles women played in Korea and Vietnam paved the path to more expanded -- and in some cases more dangerous -- specialties in recent wars.
For Teachers
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2016 Event Highlights
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Ongoing Exhibition – The First Ladies
This popular exhibition looks at the unofficial but important position of first lady and the ways that very different women have shaped the role.
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March 11
Women's History Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
The event will focus on Women in the Civil War, and participants will learn about Wikipedia and how to edit as well as National Archives records about women in the Civil War. Details at https://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/Wiki pedia:Meetup/DC/NARA/ Civil_War (external link)
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March 12
Museum Day Live! – Family Day
Join us for a family day that celebrates the accomplishments of women in aviation and space exploration.
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March 12
Museum Day Live! – Family Day
Celebrate women and girls of color and their many contributions to our communities with a day of live music, performances, and crafts at the Renwick.
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March 20
Lecture
Women in Hellenistic and Roman Athens: Visualizing Female Power and Wealth
Anna Vasiliki Karapanagiotou surveys imagery portraying influential women of Hellenistic and Roman Athens in order to explore and better understand their historical context.
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March 23
Gallery Talk
Women in Archaeology: Tatiana Proskouriakoff and the Jade from the Cenote of Sacrifice
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March 23
Webinar
Women Who Served: Stories from the Veterans History Project
These online discussions are held in real time via webinar software, which allows participants from around the world to join in. Details can be found at http://loc.gov/rr/ program/web-discussions .html
(Library of Congress)