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Founded in 1996, the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) is an innovative museum dedicated to uncovering, interpreting, and celebrating women’s diverse contributions to society. A renowned leader in women’s history education, the Museum brings to life the countless untold stories of women throughout history, and serves as a space for all to inspire, experience, collaborate, and amplify women’s impact—past, present, and future. We strive to fundamentally change the way women and girls see their potential and power. NWHM fills in major omissions of women in history books and K-12 education, providing scholarly content and educational programming for teachers, students, and parents. We reach more than five million visitors each year through our online content and education programming and, in March 2023, mounted our first physical exhibit at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in downtown Washington, DC, "We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC."
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Each time a girl opens a book and reads a womanless history, she learns she is worth less.

Myra Pollack Sadker
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Adelina Otero-Warren, the first Hispanic woman to run for U.S. Congress and the first female superintendent of public schools in Santa Fe, was a leader in New Mexico’s woman’s suffrage movement. She emphasized the necessity of Spanish in the suffrage fight to reach Hispanic women and spearheaded the lobbying effort to ratify the 19th Amendment in New Mexico. She strove to improve education for all New Mexicans, working especially to advance bicultural education and to preserve cultural practices among the state’s Hispanic and Native American communities. Learn more about Otero-Warren's life in this month’s featured biographies.

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If we want our girls to benefit from the courage and wisdom of the women before them, we have to share the stories.

Shireen Dodson

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Statement on the Passing of Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner

NWHM mourns the passing of Dr. Sally Roesch Wagner, a pioneering historian, author, educator, and longtime member of our Scholars Advisory Council.
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NWHM Announces 2025 "For Educators, By Educators" Cohort

NWHM is delighted to announce the 2025 cohort of educators participating in the classroom resource development initiative.
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Statement on the Passing of Congresswoman Mia Love

Statement on the Passing of Congresswoman Mia Love
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Brave Girls! Virtual Story Time with Author NoNiqea Ramos

October 8, 2025  •  12PM EST

Join the National Women’s History Museum for a special Brave Girls Virtual Story Time. This event will feature author NoNieqa Ramos and her inspiring picture book Best Believe: The Tres Hermanas, a Sisterhood for the Common Good. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, this event celebrates the power of sisterhood, resilience, and the fight for a more just world.

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She Is Not a Footnote: History Refers to Her

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For centuries, women’s contributions have been overlooked or credited to men, leaving young girls without role models and the world without their potential innovations. Our second campaign video spotlights these hidden figures in STEM and reminds us: we can’t rewrite the past, but we can shape the future.

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She Is Not a Footnote*

Just Released : The Young Women and Girls’ Aspiration Report

Download, read, and share our new report, the first major initiative in our She Is Not a Footnote* campaign. Findings from this report—based on a survey of more than 1,100 girls and young women—shed light on the challenges young women and girls continue to face and the urgent changes needed to ensure they are not sidelined for another century.

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Upcoming Events

2025-10-08

Brave Girls Virtual Story Time: Best Believe: The Tres Hermanas, a Sisterhood for the Common Good

Join the National Women’s History Museum for a special Brave Girls Virtual Story Time featuring author NoNieqa Ramos and her inspiring picture book Best Believe: The Tres Hermanas, a Sisterhood for the Common Good.
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2025-10-15

NWHM Presents!: Live in Conversation with Author Keisha Blain

Join the National Women’s History Museum for a dynamic live conversation with acclaimed author and historian Dr. Keisha N. Blain as she discusses her forthcoming book, Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights (on sale September 16).
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