Stories Read about the Smithsonian's latest scholarship on American women's history, get inspired with stories from our collections, and see other updates. Select a Theme Select a ThemeActivismArt & DesignEducationEntertainmentHealth & WellnessPublic ServiceScience & InnovationSportsWork Betty White, from the Ludden Living Trust Story Betty White's Lesser-Known Role (external link) Podcast The Monumental Imagination of Augusta Savage (external link) Pinback button featuring a portrait of Bessie Coleman, mid to late 20th century. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr. Story Pilot Bessie Coleman Lands on the Newest Quarter Research Biologist Dr. Nucharin Songsasen, head of the Center for Species Survival at the Smithsonian. Photo from Nucharin Songsasen for the Smithsonian Science Education Center. Story Stories of Women in Biotechnology (external link) Story Modern Bead Artist Teri Greeves Embraces Tradition (external link) Jean Ritchie Celebration of Life: Her Songs...Her Poems, Book cover with photograph by George Pickow, Geordie Music Company, Inc., New York, 1971. National Museum of American History. Gift of Nancy B. Hoffman and Elliot L. Hoffman. Story “Mother of Folk” Jean Ritchie Was Born 100 Years Ago Today Podcast Chef, Socialite, and Groundbreaker Lucy Hicks Anderson (external link) "Female Rappers, Class of '88," 1988. Photograph by Janette Beckman. From the Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photography Collection. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture © Janette Beckman Story Fashioning Power and Gender in Hip-Hop (external link) “Wókaǧe | Create” from the Takes Care of Them series by Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota), 2019. Screen print; ink and metal foil on paper. Courtesy of the artist and Highpoint Editions for the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution. Story Artist Dyani White Hawk Honors Women Leaders and Nurturers (external link) Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next Last page Last
Pinback button featuring a portrait of Bessie Coleman, mid to late 20th century. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift from Dawn Simon Spears and Alvin Spears, Sr. Story Pilot Bessie Coleman Lands on the Newest Quarter
Research Biologist Dr. Nucharin Songsasen, head of the Center for Species Survival at the Smithsonian. Photo from Nucharin Songsasen for the Smithsonian Science Education Center. Story Stories of Women in Biotechnology (external link)
Jean Ritchie Celebration of Life: Her Songs...Her Poems, Book cover with photograph by George Pickow, Geordie Music Company, Inc., New York, 1971. National Museum of American History. Gift of Nancy B. Hoffman and Elliot L. Hoffman. Story “Mother of Folk” Jean Ritchie Was Born 100 Years Ago Today
"Female Rappers, Class of '88," 1988. Photograph by Janette Beckman. From the Eyejammie Hip-Hop Photography Collection. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture © Janette Beckman Story Fashioning Power and Gender in Hip-Hop (external link)
“Wókaǧe | Create” from the Takes Care of Them series by Dyani White Hawk (Sičáŋǧu Lakota), 2019. Screen print; ink and metal foil on paper. Courtesy of the artist and Highpoint Editions for the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution. Story Artist Dyani White Hawk Honors Women Leaders and Nurturers (external link)
