Women's History - National Museum of American History
2023年5月25日 · Understanding women’s history is integral to understanding the American experience. Although often underrepresented in recorded histories, women helped build the …
The women who joined the WAC did more than “free a man to fight”
2024年7月22日 · During World War II, some 350,000 women served in the U.S. military, and around 150,000 of them served in the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC), later the …
Women's History Month 2024 - National Museum of American …
Over the month of March 2024, the museum will present a variety of programs and resources in honor of Women’s History Month, in addition to a special menu in our cafe honoring Chef Julia …
Women in World War I | National Museum of American History
Other women donned uniforms because of their association with the military—World War I was the first time in American history in which women were officially attached to arms of the …
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From the impact of new technologies to the influence of social and cultural changes, FOOD: Transforming the American Table explores the transformation of food and drink in post-World …
Rosie, Wendy, and Government Girls: The women behind the war
2022年3月16日 · Women stuffed newspaper or rags into steel-toe shoes that were otherwise too large. Safety ordinances also required women to cover their hair in bandanas or scarves. …
Picturing Women Inventors - National Museum of American History
2024年9月11日 · Picturing Women Inventors highlighted the distinctive motivations, challenges, and accomplishments of exceptional 20th- and 21st-century inventive women who are diverse …
Girlhood (It's complicated) - National Museum of American History
2023年1月2日 · The history of girlhood is not what people think; it is complicated. Young women are often told that girls are “made of sugar and spice and everything nice.” What we learn from …
Civil Rights, Disability Rights - National Museum of American History
In the decades that followed, women, Native Americans, lesbian, bi-sexual, gay and transgender people, Chicanos and Latinos, and other groups pushed to extend the rights of citizenship. …
The First Ladies | National Museum of American History
The First Ladies explores the unofficial but important position of first lady and the ways that different women have shaped the role to make their own contributions to the presidential …