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Poster advocating for Angela Davis. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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Angela Davis’s Imprisonment Inspired a Movement
Podcast Episode: Shredding Skateboarding's Glass Ceiling
Sophie Lutterlough at a microscope, 1983. Smithsonian Institution Archives.

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Adding Women in Science to Wikipedia
Chef Lena Richard: Culinary Icon and Activist
Ensemble by Naima Muhammad (born 1973, United States) for House of Coqueta (est. 2010, United States); Ensemble (tunic, pants, headwrap, and neck scarf), Yar Hawwa Collection; 2017; Printed cotton (tunic), cotton and polyester blend (pants).

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Four Muslim American Women Shaping Fashion Today
“¡Yo soy de Cuba la Voz, Guantanamera!” Celia Cruz. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquisition made possible through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center. © 1994, Alexis Rodriguez-Duarte

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Why is Celia Cruz Called the Queen of Salsa?
Alice Tetsuko Kono: Wise, Well-Traveled, WAC
Patsy T. Mink U.S. Senate for Hawaii for the Nation Leaflet. National Museum of American History.

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Twelve Women to Know for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Angela Davis’s Imprisonment Inspired a Movement