Smithsonian American Women's History Museum | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/blog/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/RSS feed for Smithsonian American Women's History MuseumenFri, 22 Nov 2024 14:54:11 +0000Basket Maker Dat So La Lee’s Artistry Was a Means of Survivalhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2024/11/22/basket-maker-dat-so-la-lees-artistry-was-a-means-of-survival/Meet Dat So La Lee, a Washoe basket weaver whose signature degikup style preserved her cultural heritage and offered a means of survival as she adapted to the American economy.Fri, 22 Nov 2024 14:54:11 +0000How Chef Elena Terry Revisited Heritage Seeds to Cultivate Hopehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2024/11/14/chef-elena-terry-cultivates-ancestral-seeds-to-help-heal-her-community/Ho-Chunk Chef Elena Terry cultivates and cooks with ancestral seeds that were preserved despite forced tribal relocations. She focuses on providing opportunities to community members to eat and prepare traditional tribal foods as a method of healing.Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:00:00 +0000These Groundbreaking Pilots Made History 30 Years Ago as the First American Women to Fly Combat Missionshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2024/11/08/these-groundbreaking-pilots-made-history-30-years-ago-as-the-first-american-women-to-fly-combat-missions/Launching from the deck of the USS Eisenhower, these women showed that being a good aviator has nothing to do with genderFri, 08 Nov 2024 15:24:26 +0000Zitkala-Ša, Native American Rights Activist, Honored on New Quarterhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2024/10/30/zitkala-sa-native-american-citizenship-and-rights-activist-honored-on-new-quarter/Zitkala-Ša, “Red Bird,” Gertrude Simmons Bonnin: an activist, author, and composer who fought for citizenship and sovereignty for Native Americans is honored on a quarter as part of the American Women Quarters Program.Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000How the Equal Credit Opportunity Act Transformed Women's Economic Powerhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2024/10/28/voices-on-independence-four-oral-histories-about-building-womens-economic-power/Learn about Emily Card, Jeanne Hubbard, Stephanie Lipscomb, and Rosemary Reed—four women whose stories about financial independence demonstrate the importance of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1974 and the phenomenon of women’s banks.Mon, 28 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000Science Illustration: A Creative Door for Early Women in Sciencehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-american-womens-history-museum/2024/10/09/science-illustration-a-creative-door-for-early-women-in-science/Learn about Violet Dandridge, Aime Motter Awl, Carolyn Bartlett Gast, and Marilyn Schotte: four women from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Department of Invertebrate Zoology who broke through the gendered barriers of science and made significant contributions to scientific discovery through art.Wed, 09 Oct 2024 18:15:01 +0000