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The Smithsonian’s collections include iconic objects that tell the stories of American women, their struggles, and their accomplishments. Explore collection highlights and stories related to women and girls, or search our digital records.

This artifact is a Development Test Model (DTM) for the Voyager spacecraft.
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The Women of Voyager
Rebecca Lobo runs towards the camera, as an opposing player runs behind her. She wears a red and black Team USA jersey.
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Rebecca Lobo Basketball Card
Blue stamp with a sepia photo of Barbara McClintock on it. The stamp also features a scientific drawing of her work on transposons and the words Barbara McClintock Geneticist.
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Barbara McClintock
A skirt and blouse in a matching alphabetical print of blue, teal, and white on a black background.
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Carlotta Walls LaNier's First Day of School Dress
Romaine Brooks portrays herself in the dark colors of a man's outfit, her eyes veiled under the shadow of her hat brim.
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"Self-Portrait" by Romaine Brooks, 1923 
Toy scale with numbers that can be hung on each end, and a box for the toy
Add-A-Count Scale from the 1950s
National Museum of American History

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Cloth doll of a young woman with long braids, an apron over her dress, and a matching headscarf. She carries a baby on her back in a sling.
Cloth Doll and Baby from between 1960 and 1980

National Museum of the American Indian

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Spooky artwork of Medusa with snakes in her hair. She is breaking through stone.
"Medusa" by Laura Dreyfus Barney
Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Collage of young Indigenous girl holding a basket in one hand and grasping what might be smoke in her other
"Moontime: The Cycles of Life, The Four Directions" by Shan Goshorn (Eastern Band of Cherokee)
National Museum of the American Indian

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