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Kelly Doyle speaks at the 2016 Wikipedia Diversity Conference. Photo by Andrew Lih.

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Q&A with Wikipedian Kelly Doyle: Closing the Gender Gap Online
Virginia Hall receiving the Distinguished Service Cross from General Donovan. CIA.

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Podcast Episode: The Milkmaid Spy
Photo of Kitty Cone and reporters. Courtesy of the Center for Independent Living.

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Kitty Cone: Advocate for Disability Rights
Crimilda Pontes: The Original Designer of the Smithsonian Sunburst
Madam C.J. Walker by Addison N. Scurlock, around 1914. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of A'Lelia Bundles/ Walker Family.

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How Madam C.J. Walker Used Beauty Products to Create Opportunities for African American Women
Five Women’s History Stories You Can Explore at Home with Smithsonian
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Test Your Knowledge with Our "Women of Apollo" Quiz
Illustration of Ruth Muskrat Bronson. Smithsonian Channel.

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Drawing out Her Legacy: Eight Women to Know
Photograph of agents trained at Poro College. Collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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Join Us! Five Ways to Get Involved from Home this Women’s History Month

Q&A with Wikipedian Kelly Doyle: Closing the Gender Gap Online