Women's History Homepage

In celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, we're launching Unhidden Heroines, an augmented reality experience on the National Mall that brings to life the stories of five women who shaped American history. Through geolocation and custom illustrations, audiences of all ages are invited to step into their world and discover their stories.

Our oral history project We Do Declare: Women’s Voices on Independence explores when, how, and why women have sought to increase their economic independence. Focusing on the transformative period in history after the Equal Credit Opportunity Act passed in 1974, these firsthand accounts document how diverse women across generations reshaped the legal landscape, transformed public perception, built whole new support networks, and unleashed their collective economic power. 

The Discoverability Lab works at the intersection of history and big data, using new technologies and approaches to explore how libraries, archives, and museums can bring women’s history from the margins into the mainstream.