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 commemorating and encouraging the study, observance and celebration of the vital role of women in American history.

Girlhood (It’s complicated) commemorates the anniversary of woman suffrage by exploring the concept of girlhood in the United States, but also how girls changed history in five areas: politics, education, work, health, and fashion. We argue that girlhood has an unexpected and complicated history and that girls, like suffragists, used their voices to make a difference.

David Michaelis’ new book “Eleanor” is a biography of America’s longest-serving first lady. Much of its research was conducted in the Library’s Manuscript Division, including the papers of the NAACP and the National Women’s Trade League, as well as the personal papers of Kermit and Belle Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, second wife of President Wilson. Colleen Shogan, senior vice president and director of the David M. Rubenstein Center at the White House Historical Association, will talk to Michaelis and Manuscript Division staff about the book and its creation.
This is part of Made at the Library, a series which highlights books that have been substantially written using the Library of Congress’s extraordinary collections.

Learn about the half of history missing from many history books with biographies, articles, timelines and other resources on the women—famous and lesser-known—who have shaped our world.

The next Equal Pay Day is Tuesday, March 15, 2022.
This date symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year.

Our mission is to tell the stories of women who transformed our nation. We will do that through a growing state-of-the-art online presence and a future physical museum to educate, inspire, empower, shape the future, and provide a complete view of American history.

The National Women’s History Alliance formerly, the National Women’s History Project, is a leader in promoting Women’s History and is committed to the goals of education, empowerment, equality, and inclusion.

To create a more equitable America, the Smithsonian is researching, disseminating, and amplifying the histories of American women through its American Women’s History Initiative in preparation for the future Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum.

The New Mexico Humanities Council provides information and primary sources about women's suffrage, specifically from people in New Mexico

The National Museum of American History has created an online exhibit entitled "Girlhood". This exhibit commemorates the anniversary of women’s suffrage by examining the way American girls “have spoken up, challenged expectations and been on the front lines of change” in five key areas: politics, education, work, health and fashion.

Sybil Stockdale was a mild-mannered Navy wife who would become one of the most important and effective activists in American history. Her organization, The National League of Families, fought for nearly a decade to bring home POWs held by North Vietnam. These remarkable women defied the Government itself to bring their husbands home. Our guest is historian and curator Heath Hardage Lee, author of the new book League of Wives: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took On the U.S. Government to Bring Their Husbands Home.

To Sanger, the solution was clear: a safe, effective, discrete contraceptive for women—a pill, no bigger than an aspirin. At the time, the idea seemed more radical than putting a man on the moon. And in some ways, developing it would be even more difficult.

Feeling My Flo is a reported podcast where menstruation is an event that happens to all types of bodies.

Speaker Stacey Flowers is on the podcast and she's here to deliver some absolutely fire wisdom about exactly how to build financial freedom, the secret behind wealth, and what you can change TODAY to start bringing more success and more M-O-N-E-Y into your life. Stacey and I are both passionate about helping women achieve financial dignity so they can care for themselves, their families, and their dreams without relying on anyone or anything but their own skillset. If even just one woman who listens to this episode is inspired to go out and make changes in her financial life, I will feel like I did Stacey proud.

This episode dives into the complex — and at times problematic — author of the ERA: Alice Paul.

Two women. Half the population. Several thousand years of history. About an hour.

Kusum Thapa decides to stand up for a girl who was a victim of sexual violence.

Growing up in Islamabad, Shiza Shahid became interested in activism. And that interest propelled her to start the global nonprofit, the Malala Fund. Eight years (and Malala's Nobel Peace Prize) later, Shiza continues to make an impact through her angel fund and her line of sustainable cookware, Our Place.
In this episode, Shiza shares why she created a secret summer camp for girls in Pakistan (11:17), her reaction when Malala won the Nobel Peace Prize (16:44), and her advice for employees looking to create change in the workplace (28:42).

Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) was a pioneering American educator and education activist, civil rights activist, stateswoman, philanthropist, writer and humanitarian.