Winterthur Uses Social Media to Let You See Inside the Galleries
Many of the digital history projects I have browsed during this quarantine were produced by institutions I have visited in-person. Looking at the Brooklyn Museum’s webpage on “The Dinner Party” helped...
View ArticlePA Museum Offers Virtual Tour of Women’s Suffrage Exhibit
2020 marks an important anniversary in US women’s history- the centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Museums and historic sites across the country had planned countless exhibits and...
View ArticleDelaware’s Annual Chautauqua Tent Show to Celebrate Women’s Suffrage Movement
In the late nineteenth century, adults gathered in large tents to hear lectures, see performances, and listen to sermons. Tent Chautauquas, as these adult education programs were known, traveled...
View ArticleNational Park Service Awards Grant to Study Women’s History in DC
Last month, the National Park serviced awarded a $50,000 grant to Washington DC to fund a study of women’s history and the suffrage movement in the district. The grant is a part of a larger NPS...
View ArticleMaryland Museum of Women’s History Announces First Major Exhibit
The Maryland Museum of Women’s History does not yet have a physical location you can visit. When the first building the museum was slated to move into proved too costly to repair, the institution had...
View ArticlePACSCL Conference to Explore Women’s Activism from 1820-1920
Next month the Philadelphia Area Consortium for Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) will hold an online conference exploring a century of women’s activism leading up to the passage of the 19th...
View ArticlePennsylvania Approves 23 New Historic Markers
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission recently approved applications for twenty-three new historical markers throughout the state. The new markers were selected from among thirty-nine...
View ArticleMD Women’s Museum Changes Foundation Name over Namesake’s Pro-slavery Beliefs
The Maryland Museum of Women’s History has announced that it will be changing the name of its foundation after discovering its former namesake’s pro-slavery beliefs. The foundation was originally named...
View ArticlePhilly to Erect Marian Anderson Statue, City’s First Monument to a Black Woman
Philadelphia will soon have a new statue of the famed opera singer Marian Anderson. The monument will be the first in the city to honor a specific Black woman. The proposed statue will sit on the north...
View ArticleExplore New Jersey Women’s Heritage Trail in Celebration of Women’s History...
Women have played significant roles in New Jersey history through politics, scientific advancements, arts, culture, etc. The Journey Through Jersey and the New Jersey Women’s Heritage Trail websites...
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