This series of conversations on creativity, history and leadership brings together scholars, artists and other thought-leaders as they think aloud about the future of the arts, civics and history. With […]
A brief history of Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier in US sports -- and in business, as well as his work fighting for civil rights.
Explore the National Museum of Women in the Arts' self-guided mural tour in conjunction with our public art installation series on the museum’s exterior during its renovation. This online guide […]
Explore how artists and activists push for social change! In 1907, the Artists' Suffrage League galvanized to create banners, posters, postcards, and cartoons to provide a visual identity for the […]
Read a new book this Civic Season! We recommend "History, Disrupted: How Social Media & the World Wide Web Have Changed the Past." It's a book about how social media […]
Cecelia Larrison is one of many people who liberated themselves from slavery long before the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. In 1846, at age 15, while on a trip to […]
On June 23, 1909, in Louisville, Kentucky, a rising star was born: the mysterious, elegant, and multi-talented Helen Humes. Humes was raised loving music, and starting at age 17, she […]
Women across disciplines are fighting for gender equity by revising history’s dominant narratives. Watch a conversation that explores how this rewriting extends beyond the page and into our society. Amy […]
Hazel Ying Lee was one of the first Chinese American women to earn her pilot's license and the first to fly for the United States military. In World War II, […]
In this article, meet two women fighting for the right for people with disabilities -- including themselves -- to self-determination. In other words, for the right to decide how they […]
A giant in shaping legal equality for women and African Americans, Pauli Murray was an activist, attorney, priest, and poet. When her father's mental health declined after his wife's death, […]
Learn about these five women artists in NMWA’s collection who called Washington, D.C., home for a significant part of their lives and important contributions as teachers, mentors, and role models. […]