Featured Topics American women's history can be seen through many lenses that help tell a more complete story of our nation. Image American Indian Women Image 2022 American Women Quarters™ Program designs. Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission. American Women Quarters Program Image Black and white photograph of pro skater Judi Oyama while she was on the Santa Cruz skate team. Asian Pacific American Women Image This photograph is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). The scrapbook highlights the Chapter’s efforts to register voters and educate Bay Area residents on the importance of voting as a part of the Citizenship Education Project.. Black Women Image “Lydia Mendoza, Ciudad Juarez, 1937” by Ester Hernández, 1987. Screenprint on paper. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquisition made possible through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center. © 1987 Ester Hernández Latinas Image LGBTQ+ Women Image The advantages of being a woman artist (from Portfolio Compleat: 1985-2012) Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2014 1988 Women Artists Image Brownie Wise/Saleswoman of the Year Award, 1956 Brownie Wise Papers, 1938-1968, Archives Center, National Museum of American History Women in Business Image Jessica Cox sitting in her Ercoupe. Photo courtesy of Jessica Cox. Women with Disabilities Image Ad Astra per Astra by America Meredith, depicting Mary Gold Ross. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Women in Technology Image Women Innovators Image American chemist Joyce Jacobson Kaufman (b. 1929), shown holding a molecular model. She is noted for carrying out the first all-valence-electron, three-dimensional quantum-chemical calculations, and for research on the clinical effects of tranquilizers and narcotic drugs. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-4572 Women Scientists Image Pennant used by supporters of woman suffrage. “Votes for Women” was one of the most popular and recognizable slogans used by members of the woman’s suffrage movement. Women's Suffrage Image Girl Is Not a 4 Letter Word skateboard created by Cindy Whitehead Youth
Image 2022 American Women Quarters™ Program designs. Copyright United States Mint. Used with permission.
Image Black and white photograph of pro skater Judi Oyama while she was on the Santa Cruz skate team.
Image This photograph is part of a scrapbook that was compiled in 1956 and 1957 by Frances Albrier during her term as president of the San Francisco Chapter of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW). The scrapbook highlights the Chapter’s efforts to register voters and educate Bay Area residents on the importance of voting as a part of the Citizenship Education Project..
Image “Lydia Mendoza, Ciudad Juarez, 1937” by Ester Hernández, 1987. Screenprint on paper. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquisition made possible through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center. © 1987 Ester Hernández
Image The advantages of being a woman artist (from Portfolio Compleat: 1985-2012) Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2014 1988
Image Brownie Wise/Saleswoman of the Year Award, 1956 Brownie Wise Papers, 1938-1968, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Image Ad Astra per Astra by America Meredith, depicting Mary Gold Ross. Image courtesy of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.
Image American chemist Joyce Jacobson Kaufman (b. 1929), shown holding a molecular model. She is noted for carrying out the first all-valence-electron, three-dimensional quantum-chemical calculations, and for research on the clinical effects of tranquilizers and narcotic drugs. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2008-4572
Image Pennant used by supporters of woman suffrage. “Votes for Women” was one of the most popular and recognizable slogans used by members of the woman’s suffrage movement.
