Exhibitions
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Black Women: Achievements Against the OddsOctober 21, 1984 – June 30, 1985Anacostia Community Museum
Learn about black women whose accomplishments have changed our lives, from 1700 to 1977.
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Eleanor Roosevelt: First Person SingularSeptember 13, 1984 – May 5, 1985American History Museum
Commemorating the centennial of Eleanor Roosevelt's birth with more than 100 objects, including photographs, memorabilia, and radio and filmed interviews.
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Patterns: Eleanor RooseveltNovember 1, 1982 – December 31, 1982American History Museum
Photographs and objects are used to contrast Eleanor Roosevelt's life at the Roosevelt home in Hyde Park with her later life of growing independence at the stone cottage of Val-Kill.
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Mary McLeod Bethune and Roosevelt's "Black Cabinet"January 24, 1982 – September 30, 1982Anacostia Community Museum
In commemoration of the centennial of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s birth (1882), learn more about the contributions of world-renowned educator Mary McLeod Bethune to FDR’s New Deal administration.
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Perfect in Her Place: Women at Work in Industrial AmericaJuly 22, 1981 – September 7, 1982American History Museum
Photographs, woodcuts, and other representations feature women working at a variety of tasks, from unpaid housework to factory labor.
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Mamie (Eisenhower)January 1, 1980 – January 15, 1981American History Museum
View articles given to the Museum of American History by Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower, from her days at the White House.
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Mrs. Lillian Rogers Parks: Career at the White HouseFebruary 5, 1979 – April 30, 1979American History Museum
See the gifts, dresses, bags and bedspreads presented to the White House maid and her mother, Maggie Rogers, by its occupants.
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Black Women: Achievement Against the OddsFebruary 8, 1976 – January 2, 1977Anacostia Community Museum
Learn about black women whose accomplishments have changed our lives, from 1700 to 1977.
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Four Outstanding WomenAugust 1, 1974 – August 31, 1974American History Museum
Four outstanding women from the turn of the century are featured.
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Women and Rookwood PotteryAugust 1, 1974 – August 31, 1974American History Museum
Founded in 1880 by Maria Longworth Nichols in Cincinnati, the company developed various types of art pottery which influenced the art pottery movement of the late 19th century.
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Women in PoliticsAugust 1, 1973 – August 31, 1973American History Museum
The role of women is traced from supportive to active, through the suffrage struggle to current activities.
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