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Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Learn about our new Louisiana Purchase primary source set.
Posted in: Geography and Maps, Revolution and the New Nation (1764-1815), Women's History
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Learn about the new primary source set featuring women in science, technology and medicine.
Posted in: News and Events, Science Technology and Math, Women's History
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
This post by Sam Correia, a 2021 Library of Congress Junior Fellow explore the role of women in the history of modern day computers and computer programming.
Posted in: Science Technology and Math, Women's History
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
What is the "Vacation Circus"? See how one of the Education Specialists at the Library of Congress found the answer to that question.
Posted in: Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Women's History
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Learn about work of cartoonist Nina Allender and how it helped to highlight the work of members of the suffrage movement.
Posted in: Government and Law, Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Women's History
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
As mentioned in my previous blog post, I am one of 40 Junior Fellows at the Library of Congress this summer, and I have been working on researching women in baseball and updating the Library's primary source set for educators on baseball.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Industrial United States, World Wars and the Great Depression (1914-1945), Women's History
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
A photograph of the abolitionist and suffrage activist Sojourner Truth that appears in the Library's newest Primary Source Set for educators, "Civil War Images: Depictions of African Americans in the War Effort," provides an opportunity to discover the questions that the objects in a portrait can raise about the message that image might have been meant to convey.
Posted in: African American History, Civil War and Reconstruction (1861-1877), Women's History
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Helen Keller had been eagerly writing since she had first gained the ability to do so several years before. Although an illness in her infancy had left her unable to see or hear, an inventive teacher, Annie Sullivan, introduced her to language, and soon she was reading and writing using braille and the assistance of interpreters.
Posted in: Development of the Industrial United States (1877-1914), Poetry and Literature, Women's History
Posted by: Stephen Wesson
Starting today, the Library has made the Rosa Parks Papers available on its Web site. This collection contains thousands of unique artifacts that shed light on this courageous fighter for social justice. The letters, diaries, notes, photographs, and other documents in this collection, which is on loan to the Library for ten years from the Howard G. Buffet Foundation, provide invaluable insights into her life and thoughts.
Posted in: African American History, Contemporary United States (1945-present), News and Events, Women's History