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Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
August 26 commemorations began after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment and evolved over the course of the twentieth century into calls for action on equal rights. The day offers a chance to consider women's past achievements and to advocate for a better future.
Posted in: Law, Politics, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
Learn about Alice Stone Blackwell’s penchant for poetry and volunteer to review transcribed materials in the NAWSA Records and the Blackwell Family Papers.
Posted in: Digital Collections, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Josh Levy
A literate rant from pioneering programmer Ida Rhodes offers a window into the history of early digital computing, and the women who helped shape it.
Posted in: Of Note, Science and Technology, 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.
Posted in: Asian American History, Politics, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Josh Levy
Join us on June 16 for a conversation with authors Jacqueline Mitton and Simon Mitton about their new biography of celebrated astronomer Vera Rubin.
Posted in: Science and Technology, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
Since 2018, By the People virtual volunteers have completed transcriptions of more than 143,000 pages of documents from the Manuscript Division’s women’s suffrage collections, enhancing search and accessibility. Public help is still needed to finalize thousands of transcriptions awaiting review.
Posted in: Digital Collections, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
A new crowdsourcing transcription campaign features the Manuscript Division’s Hannah Arendt Papers.
Posted in: Digital Collections, Literature Culture & the Arts, War and Society, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Elizabeth Novara
Join us on May 4 for a conversation with authors Judy Tzu-Chun Wu and Gwendolyn Mink about their new biography of Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink.
Posted in: Events, Politics, Women's & Gender History
Posted by: Josh Levy
A new crowdsourcing transcription campaign launched in celebration of Women’s History Month by the Library of Congress By the People program is now complete. It features letters written by acclaimed painter Georgia O’Keeffe and her husband, the photographer, fine arts impresario, and gallery manager Alfred Stieglitz to their mutual friend, filmmaker Henwar Rodakiewicz.
Posted in: Digital Collections, Literature Culture & the Arts, Women's & Gender History