Events

[email protected]: In Conversation with Professor Wanda A. Hendricks, Author of “The Life of Madie Hall Xuma”

Join us for a discussion with Wanda A. Hendricks on her new book, The Life of Madie Hall Xuma: Black Women’s Activism During Jim Crow & Apartheid. ...

12 Feb

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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Brave Girls Virtual Storytime: Dancing Hands

Calling all young readers and their grownups! Join author Margarita Engle as she reads her 2021 picture book Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln in English and Spanish. Our young readers and their grownups will then talk about how music moves us and make some music of our own! ...

22 Feb

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

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Virtual Workshop for Educators, Session 1: Media Literacy and Media as Political Objects

When we read texts, we bring a whole world of ...

23 Feb

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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Virtual Workshop for Educators, Session 2: Media Literacy and Women’s Magazines

When we read texts, we bring a whole world of ...

02 Mar

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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[email protected]: At the Threshold of Liberty—Black Women in 19th century DC with Professor Tamika Y. Nunley

Join us for a discussion with Professor Tamika Y. Nunley on African American women’s experiences in nineteenth century Washington, D.C. and her award-winning book, At The Threshold of Liberty: Women, Slavery, & Shifting Identities in Washington, D.C. ...

05 Mar

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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[email protected]: The History of Black Feminism

Join us for a conversation on the History of Black Feminism with Professor Alison Parker and Professor Beverly Guy-Sheftall. ...

12 Mar - 15 Jun

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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Brave Girls Virtual Storytime: Just Like Me

Calling all young readers and their grownups! Join author Vanessa Brantley-Newton as she reads her 2022 picture book Just Like Me. Vanessa will then lead our young readers in “draw along” and answer young readers’ questions! ...

15 Mar

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

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Women Making History Awards Gala 2023

Join us in Washington, DC on Friday, March 31, 2023, ...

31 Mar

7:00 pm

The Schuyler

Hamilton Hotel • 1001 14th St. NW, Washington, DC 20005

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Brave Girls Virtual Story Time: Breonna Marches Through Time

Calling all young readers and their grownups! Join Shout Mouse Press author Daveena as she reads her co-authored 2020 picture book Breonna Marches Through Time. Daveena will then talk to our young readers and their grownups about how to get started writing their own stories! ...

19 Apr

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

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NWHM Presents! Women’s Reflections on the Pandemic

Join us for a reflection on women’s experiences during three years of the Covid-19 pandemic with writer and professor Alexandra Délano and filmmaker Daniela Alatorre as they share their short film and book of poetry. ...

20 Apr

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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Women’s History Book Club: Lifting as We Climb

Calling all book lovers! Please join the National Women’s History Museum in the third meeting of the Women’s History Book Club as we celebrate the opening of the Museum’s first exhibit and discuss Lifting As We Climb: Black Women’s Battle for the Ballot Box by Evette Dionne (Penguin Random House, January 4, 2022). ...

30 Apr

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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Virtual Workshop for Educators: C3 Framework for Social Studies and Historical Empathy

Explore how learners can use the practice of historical empathy to examine the role and impact of women throughout history. ...

04 May

6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

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