Exhibitions
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Amelia Earhart's Personal Collection
November 12, 2007 – September 21, 2013Postal MuseumPortraits of aviator Amelia Earhart tell the story of her career and pay special attention to her work on behalf of women’s rights.
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One Life: KATE: A Centennial Celebration
November 2, 2007 – September 28, 2008Portrait GalleryThis exhibition is dedicated to Hepburn, who carefully constructed and maintained her own myth through more than 50 years on stage, screen, and television.
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Portraits of Sandra Day O'Connor
March 30, 2007 – October 8, 2007Portrait GalleryThe exhibition examines how a group of artists, The Painting Group, interprets the same subject—Justice Sandra Day O’Connor—at the same time.
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Josephine Baker: Image and Icon
November 24, 2006 – March 18, 2007Portrait GalleryThe exhibition celebrates Baker’s life during the 100th anniversary year of her birth.
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Pretty Women: Freer and the Ideal of Feminine Beauty
August 13, 2005 – September 17, 2006Freer Gallery of ArtSee the major works that Freer acquired during his first 12 years as a collector— images of beautiful women by James McNeill Whistler, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, and Abbott Handerson Thayer.
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Basketball Player Rebecca Lobo's Olympic Jersey
September 30, 2004 – January 27, 2005American History MuseumVisit Rebecca Lobo's basketball jersey from the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, where she won a gold medal as part of the U.S. women's team.
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Althea Gibson
October 3, 2003 – January 7, 2004American History MuseumThis case features one of Gibson's Wimbledon trophies, her racket, an outfit she wore during the 1957 Wimbledon tournament, and several photographs.
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Billie Jean King's "Battle of the Sexes" Tennis OutfitSeptember 18, 2003 – July 15, 2004American History Museum
Marking the 30th anniversary of the "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match, on view is the tennis outfit Billie Jean King wore.
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Women of Our Time: Photographs from the National Portrait GalleryAugust 22, 2003 – January 2, 2005Portrait Gallery
This wide-ranging survey featured 75 of the most important American women of the 20th century, as seen by many of the finest photographers of our time.
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Not June Cleaver: Spotlight on Business and Professional Women of the 1950s
January 15, 2003 – March 4, 2003American History MuseumOn view are business records, photographs, and marketing materials related to the careers of 4 successful American businesswomen.
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Marilyn Monroe in Korea: Newly Discovered Photographs by David Geary
April 1, 1998 – January 30, 1999Portrait GalleryDavid Geary, a navy medic, created several memorable portraits of the Hollywood star when she entertained the troops in Korea in 1954.
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Edith Wharton's World: Portraits of People and PlacesSeptember 26, 1997 – January 25, 1998Portrait Gallery
Some 100 paintings, miniatures, manuscripts, and memorabilia evoke the life and milieu of novelist Edith Wharton.
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Women War WorkersMay 27, 1995 – March 27, 1996American History Museum
Though objects and photos, this showcase examines the issue of women working in industries during WWII, and the conflicts resulting from reduced opportunities at the war's end.
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Directions: Cindy Sherman: Film Stills
March 15, 1995 – June 25, 1995HirshhornView 69 black-and-white photographs made between 1977 and 1980 that suggest stills from Grade-B, Hitchcock-esque, noir films.
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With Pen and Graver: Women Graphic Artists Before 1900February 24, 1995 – January 28, 1996American History Museum
The changing role of women in the 19th and early 20th century is examined through prints, photographs of women printmakers, copperplates, books, and tools.
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Elaine Lustig Cohen: Modern Graphic Designer
February 7, 1995 – May 23, 1995Cooper HewittVisit books, stationery, signage, and other works that reveal Cohen's importance in the evolution of design.
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Brushes with the Literary: Portraits by Washington Artist Marcella Comes Winslow
August 13, 1993 – December 5, 1993Portrait GalleryPortraits of famous writers give an insider's view of life in the nation's capital in the 1940s-50s when Marcella Comes Winslow's Georgetown home was an informal literary salon.
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From Parlor to Politics: Women & Reform in America, 1890-1925June 28, 1990 – August 28, 2004American History Museum
Women in America who made major contributions to reform, politics, and national life during a time that came to be called the Progressive Era is the focus of this exhibition.
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Men and Women: A History of Costume, Gender and PowerJune 28, 1989 – February 24, 1991American History Museum
Examine the standards of appearance and behavior for men and women in American culture from the 18th to the 20th century.
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American Women of the Etching RevivalMarch 15, 1989 – May 31, 1989American History Museum
This exhibition commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first comprehensive exhibit of works by American women. The show includes approximately 70 etchings by such artists as Mary Cassatt, Ellen Day Hale, Martha Scudder Twachtman, and Gabrielle Clements.
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