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 Rafael López, 2021. National Museum of the American Latino. Collection Item Artist Judy Baca Embraces Community (external link) Image of 2022 Wilma Mankiller quarter, part of the American Women Quarters™ Program. Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission. Story Wilma Mankiller Led as the First Woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation Cher Strauberry using her first signature skateboard. Story A Place at the Park: LGBTQ+ Inclusion and Skateboarding (external link) Chien-Shiung Wu in the lab at Columbia University, March 20, 1963. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2010-1507 Story Chien-Shiung Wu, “The Chinese Marie Curie” (external link) Hazel Fellows. NASA, Courtesy of National Air and Space Museum Archives. Podcast Five Popular Women’s History Stories from Sidedoor, a Smithsonian Podcast A portrait photograph of Victoria Woodhull. C.D. Fredericks & Co., shared from Wikimedia Commons 150 Years Ago, Victoria Woodhull Ran for President Before Women Had the Right to Vote (external link) Line art of publisher Anne Catharine Hoof Green, the Sweet Bay Magnolia, and performer Marian Anderson courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Gardens, and Smithsonian Digital Studios. News New Coloring Booklet Celebrates Women throughout History Album cover for Nobuko Miyamoto’s 120,000 Stories, 2021. Produced by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Story Folk Musician Nobuko Miyamoto and Eight More Women to Know this Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Ruth Asawa photographed by Mimi Jacobs, 1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Collection Item How Ruth Asawa's Sculptures "Enchanted" Los Angeles (external link) Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Current page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 … Next page Next Last page Last
Rafael López, 2021. National Museum of the American Latino. Collection Item Artist Judy Baca Embraces Community (external link)
Image of 2022 Wilma Mankiller quarter, part of the American Women Quarters™ Program. Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission. Story Wilma Mankiller Led as the First Woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
Cher Strauberry using her first signature skateboard. Story A Place at the Park: LGBTQ+ Inclusion and Skateboarding (external link)
Chien-Shiung Wu in the lab at Columbia University, March 20, 1963. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2010-1507 Story Chien-Shiung Wu, “The Chinese Marie Curie” (external link)
Hazel Fellows. NASA, Courtesy of National Air and Space Museum Archives. Podcast Five Popular Women’s History Stories from Sidedoor, a Smithsonian Podcast
A portrait photograph of Victoria Woodhull. C.D. Fredericks & Co., shared from Wikimedia Commons 150 Years Ago, Victoria Woodhull Ran for President Before Women Had the Right to Vote (external link)
Line art of publisher Anne Catharine Hoof Green, the Sweet Bay Magnolia, and performer Marian Anderson courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Gardens, and Smithsonian Digital Studios. News New Coloring Booklet Celebrates Women throughout History
Album cover for Nobuko Miyamoto’s 120,000 Stories, 2021. Produced by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Story Folk Musician Nobuko Miyamoto and Eight More Women to Know this Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Ruth Asawa photographed by Mimi Jacobs, 1973. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Collection Item How Ruth Asawa's Sculptures "Enchanted" Los Angeles (external link)
