The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum has been years in the making — and now, transphobia is threatening to derail the whole thing. A bill to approve construction of the museum failed to ...

See what projects the Because of Her Story interns worked on this summer to amplify and uplift American women’s history across the Smithsonian. Meredith Herndon Explore women’s history across the ...

Poet, philosopher, and suffragist Julia Ward Howe wrote a rallying cry in 1861 that would resonate for more than a ...

The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum launched “We Do Declare: Women’s Voices on Independence” today, Oct. 28. Through the lens of economic power, this multi-year oral history and education ...

The Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum announces its program of innovative history resources and events to commemorate Women’s History Month. These include the launch of the Discoverability ...

WASHINGTON ‒ In a rare congressional effort crossing party lines, Democratic and Republican lawmakers are calling for funding for a new women's history museum on the National Mall that would join ...

The Democratic Women’s Caucus on Thursday helped end a transphobic bill seeking to fund the building of the Smithsonian Institution’s new Women’s History Museum, after Republicans added language in a ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes of Ohio liked the idea of a bipartisan bill to establish the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum on the National Mall enough that she cosponsored it last ...

Elizabeth C. Babcock, current president and CEO of Forever Balboa Park and forthcoming inaugural director at the Smithsonian American Women's History Museum (photo by Debora Cartwright, courtesy ...

History, on hold: A long-delayed plan to build the American Women’s History Museum remains stuck in Congress. Here, Martha Washington in 1796. Credit: Wikimedia Commons In December 2020, Congress ...