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- Women’s History - National Museum of American History
Visit our history month page to learn about our special activities Understanding women’s history is integral to understanding the American experience Although often underrepresented in recorded histories, women helped build the United States of America of today and women will help shape the United States of America of the future
- Votes for Women - National Museum of American History
Members of the National American Woman Suffrage Association organized statewide “Votes for Women” campaigns They used buttons, signs, and gimmicks like the ring parade spinner to promote their cause and tracked their progress with maps and stars representing their victories The western states were the first to accept women as voters
- We Can Do It! | National Museum of American History
As women were encouraged to take wartime jobs in defense industries, they became a celebrated symbol of female patriotism But when the war ended, many industries forced women to relinquish their skilled jobs to returning veterans
- Rosie, Wendy, and Government Girls: The women behind the war
Today, we often associate the women workers during World War II with the popular symbol Rosie the Riveter, but as the museum's collections show, "Rosies" were just one of the many types of women workers during the war
- Women in World War I - National Museum of American History
Other women donned uniforms because of their association with the military—World War I was the first time in American history in which women were officially attached to arms of the American military and government agencies Yeomen (F) served with the Navy and the Marine Corps, while the Army Nurse Corps was attached to the Army
- What you may not know about the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire
Shirtwaist made by Fisk, Clark Flagg, about 1910 Shirtwaists, tailored blouses of the 1890s and early 1900s, became especially popular with working-class women because, unlike a full dress, they were easy to clean and offered freedom of movement One of the most infamous tragedies in American manufacturing history is the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire of 1911 You may recall the story
- War Posters - National Museum of American History
Stories from the National Museum of American History (blog), October 12, 2010 Elizabeth Prelinger and Barton C Hacker, "'The Spirit of Woman-Power': Representation of Women in World War I Posters," in A Companion to Women’s Military History, ed Barton C Hacker and Margaret Vining (Boston: Brill, 2012), 453–484
- Hair Care - National Museum of American History
Carboline advertisement Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution Dyes were marketed for both women and men, as covering up grey hair with “natural” appearing color was an aesthetic ideal for both genders Dyes for the beard were also available
- Abolitionist and Reformer Lucretia Mott - National Museum of American . . .
A group of five women that included Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott drafted the Declaration of Sentiments on this table at the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 Based on the Declaration of Independence, the Declaration of Sentiments proclaimed that "all men and women are created equal " The table is on display in American Democracy
- The Nineteenth Amendment, 1920 - National Museum of American History
The woman suffrage amendment was first introduced in 1878 and languished for decades in a congress that felt no need for women’s votes Forty years later suffragists had won full or partial voting rights in eighteen states and were sending sympathetic legislators to the capital Their work for the World War I war effort, combined with persistent lobbying and demonstrations, finally won
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