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Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
In the latest book talk from the Made at the Library event series, learn about artist Mary Cassatt’s connections to the American women’s suffrage movement in a conversation with author Ruth Iskin about her research in the Library of Congress's Manuscript Division.
Posted in: Events, Literature Culture & the Arts, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
In celebration of July 4, several items from the Library’s collections document how the nation’s 1876 centennial celebration inspired women suffragists to continue the fight for the vote and for equality.
Posted in: Holidays, Politics, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
Newly acquired letters in the Manuscript Division shed light on social reformer Frances Wright and her relationship with the Marquis de Lafayette, while other Library resources provide researchers with more details into their life and times.
Posted in: Early America, Letters, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
The Manuscript Division welcomed its third National Woman’s Party Research fellow this summer and announces the opening of the application period for the fourth year of the National Woman’s Party Fellowship.
Posted in: Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
In the latest book talk from the Made at the library event series, join author Allison S. Finkelstein as she discusses her research for Forgotten Veterans, Invisible Memorials: How American Women Commemorated the Great War, 1917-1945.
Posted in: Events, War and Society, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
In anticipation of National Cat Day on October 29, this post highlights some feline-related imagery and expressions of friendship found in the Manuscript Division’s Clara Barton Papers.
Posted in: War and Society, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
In celebration of July 4, several items from the Library’s collections document how the nation’s 1876 centennial celebration inspired women suffragists to continue the fight for the vote and for equality.
Posted in: Holidays, Politics, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
Congresswoman Patsy Mink's resolve to defeat gender-based discrimination and fight for women's educational equality encouraged the success of Title IX, which was passed fifty years ago today. Now a new quarter commemorates her legacy.
Posted in: Asian American History, Politics, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
Letters, diary entries, images, and publications held at the Library of Congress trace French and American feminists as they worked together to advance the rights of women and strengthen the tradition of French American cooperation.
Posted in: International History, Women's & Gender History