Smithsonian
Margaret Salmon: On Motherhood and the Everyday (Interview Only)
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- Margaret Salmon: On Motherhood and the Everyday (Interview Only)
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- 3 years ago
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- "Ninna Nanna" (2006), by filmmaker Margaret Salmon, explores the relationships between three young Italian mothers and their infants. In striking images captured on 16 mm film, Salmon observes the subtle dynamics and emotional nuances of the women’s interactions with their young children. The filmmaker will join Rosalind Galt, Professor of Film Studies at King's College London, and Marina Isgro, associate curator of media and performance art and Robert and Arlene Kogod Secretarial Scholar, in a conversation about this work in our Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden’s collection.
Viewfinder: Women’s Film and Video from the Smithsonian is a monthly virtual screening and conversation series sponsored by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, Because of Her Story. The first sequence of selected works reflect on interiority—a timely topic during this global pandemic. https://womenshistory.si.edu/events/viewfinder
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- Zina Saro-Wiwa: On Mourning and Memory (Interview Only)
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- 3 years ago
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- Mourning is often a private experience. But when the occasions for grief stem from larger social forces, individual pain intersects with history. Such is the case in Zina Saro-Wiwa’s Sarogua Mourning (11:37 min., 2011), in which the Nigerian-born artist attempts to cry for her father, the political activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, for the first time since his murder. This video is an incoming acquisition to the National Museum of African Art. Listen to a conversation between the artist and curator Karen Milbourne.
Viewfinder: Women’s Film and Video from the Smithsonian is a monthly virtual screening and conversation series sponsored by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, Because of Her Story. The first sequence of selected works reflect on interiority—a timely topic during this global pandemic. https://womenshistory.si.edu/events/viewfinder
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- The Women in the Room: Science, Technology, and Innovation
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- 3 years ago
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- On behalf of the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative and Bloomberg’s New Voices program, you are invited to The Women in the Room, a virtual celebration of women leaders in science, technology, and innovation.
The evening will include a retrospective discussion with Smithsonian experts to better understand the trailblazers who paved the way, as well as a panel discussion with Kathrin Jansen, Senior Vice President, Head of Vaccine Research and Development at Pfizer, Fei-Fei Li, Sequoia Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stanford University and Denning Co-Director of Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute, Priscilla Chan, Co-founder and co-CEO at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and Anne Schuchat, Principal Deputy Director of the CDC.
Finally, we will explore specific initiatives that are empowering women in science and technology, including the Bloomberg New Voices program, a leading global media initiative to raise visibility and amplif...
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- Why Mothers Stopped Traffic in Las Vegas
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- 3 years ago
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- Mothers and caregivers, led by activist Ruby Duncan, blocked a quarter-mile section of the Las Vegas Strip to fight against unjust cuts to welfare benefits.
Learn more women’s history with the Smithsonian: https://womenshistory.si.edu
Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, Because of Her Story creates, disseminates, and amplifies the historical record of the accomplishments of American women.
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- Emma Tenayuca Led the Pecan Shellers Strike
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- 3 years ago
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- When owners of a San Antonio, Texas, pecan-shelling plant reduced low wages even more, 21-year-old Emma Tenayuca led the Mexican and Mexican American workers in walking out.
Learn more women’s history with the Smithsonian: https://womenshistory.si.edu
Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, Because of Her Story creates, disseminates, and amplifies the historical record of the accomplishments of American women.
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- Joan Jonas: The Inner Worlds of Video (Interview Only)
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- An engaging conversation with groundbreaking artist Joan Jonas. Jonas discusses "Left Side Right Side" (8:50 min, 1972) and "Vertical Roll" (19:38 min, 1972), two of her most iconic videos from the collections of the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Jonas speaks with curators Saisha Grayson (SAAM) and Charlotte Ickes (NPG) about how artists construct, inhabit, and internalize space using the video camera and Jonas’s five-decade-plus career creating some of contemporary art’s most important video, performance, and installation artworks.
Viewfinder: Women’s Film and Video from the Smithsonian is a monthly virtual screening and conversation series sponsored by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, Because of Her Story. The first sequence of selected works reflect on interiority—a timely topic during this global pandemic.
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- Why Delta Sigma Theta Sent Books South
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The sisters of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. fundraised to buy and distribute books throughout the segregated South to provide students with critical educational tools.
Learn more women’s history with the Smithsonian: https://womenshistory.si.edu
Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, Because of Her Story creates, disseminates, and amplifies the historical record of the accomplishments of American women.
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- How the Chinatown Health Fair Grew
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- In New York City's Chinatown, college student Regina Lee and other volunteers organized a neighborhood health fair to improve health literacy in their community.
Learn more women’s history with the Smithsonian: https://womenshistory.si.edu/
Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, Because of Her Story creates, disseminates, and amplifies the historical record of the accomplishments of American women.
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- Ingrid Wiegand, Julie Finch: On Loft Life and Space-Making in the 1970s (Interview Only)
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The first program of Viewfinder: Women’s Film and Video from the Smithsonian discusses "Julie" (1974) by filmmakers Robert and Ingrid Wiegand and "Walking" (1975) by Ingrid Wiegand from the collections of the Archives of American Art. These works explore daily life in the filmmaker’s SoHo neighborhood in New York. Curator Josh T. Franco joins Wiegand and dancer Julie Finch, the subject of “Julie,” to discuss art and everyday life in 1970s downtown New York City.
Viewfinder: Women’s Film and Video from the Smithsonian is a monthly virtual screening and conversation series sponsored by the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, Because of Her Story. The first sequence of selected works reflect on interiority—a timely topic during this global pandemic.
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- Full Partners in Science: Gender Equity and Inclusion
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- The American Women of Science symposium aims to inspire and educate scientists, and support a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive future. More information: https://womenshistory.si.edu/events/american-women-science
Video includes:
Opening Remarks
Agencies in Action: Lessons Learned from Diversity Initiatives at U.S. Scientific Institutions [panel]
Sheila Minor Huff: A Trailblazing Scientist and Hidden Figure No More [fireside chat]
Building Galaxies: Collaboration as a Model for Centering Women’s Stories at the National Air and Space Museum [panel]
Drawn Conclusions: Women and Scientific Illustration [panel]
Fostering Critical Conversations about Equity in the Sciences: The Bearded Lady Project [panel]
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- Women’s Scientific Achievements
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The American Women of Science symposium aims to inspire and educate scientists, and support a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive future. More information: https://womenshistory.si.edu/events/american-women-science
Video includes:
Opening Remarks
Reach Across the Stars: Interactive AR App Showcases Women in Science with Innovative Technology [panel]
Bodies in the Field: Ursula Marvin and the Antarctic Search for Meteorites [lightning talk]
Breaking the Ice Ceiling: Trailblazing Women in Arctic and Antarctic Science [panel]
African American Heritage on the Chesapeake Bay and the Promotion, Integration and Sustainability of Minority Women in the Aquaculture Industry [lightning talk]
Ecological Meaning-Making [panel]
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- American Women of Science: Defining the Future
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The American Women of Science symposium aims to inspire and educate scientists, and support a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive future. More information: https://womenshistory.si.edu/events/american-women-science
Video includes:
Opening Remarks
Keynote by Dr. Oris Sanjur, Acting Director of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
First Ladies of Cultural Heritage [panel]
Affinity Groups as Grassroots Agents of Change [panel]
Celebrating Cross-generation Progress and Perspectives of Women in Science at the Smithsonian
Keynote Conversation with Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III and Dr. Katrina Pagenkopp Lohan
Closing Remarks by Kevin Gover, Under Secretary for Museums and Culture and Co-chair, American Women’s History Initiative
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- Recovering the History of Women in Science
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The American Women of Science symposium aims to inspire and educate scientists, and support a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive future. More information: https://womenshistory.si.edu/events/american-women-science
Video includes:
Opening Remarks
Collections, Data, and Representation in Digital Historical Work [presentation]
Uncovering the Scientific Impact of Women at the Smithsonian Using Machine Learning [presentation]
The Women Behind the Pseudonyms: Uncovering the Lives of Anonymous Nineteenth-Century Science Writers [lightning talk]
Hidden Voices: A Data Analysis of Subject Headings for Books on Women in Science [panel]
Uncovering the Work of Women in Science in Library, Archive and Museum Collections [panel]
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- Women Leaders in Biology
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The American Women of Science symposium aims to inspire and educate scientists, and support a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive future. More information: https://womenshistory.si.edu/events/american-women-science
Video includes:
Opening Remarks
Pathbreaking Female Conservation Biologists at the National Zoo and Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute [panel]
Overcoming Gender-based Obstacles to Conservation Biology and Social Science [panel]
Women Scientists of the Future: Smithsonian Interns and their Paths through a Changing Scientific World [lightning talk]
Mujeres de STRI: From Exclusion to Influence, Women's Role in the Making of a Scientific Community at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute [panel]
Virtual Networking Event (Registration Required via Eventbrite)
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- Histories of Women in Science
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The American Women of Science symposium aims to inspire and educate scientists, and support a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive future. More information: https://womenshistory.si.edu/events/american-women-science
Video includes:
Opening Remarks
Symposium Co-chairs’ Welcome
Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative Co-chairs’ Welcome
From Graduate Student to Under Secretary for Science at the Smithsonian—an Unlikely Journey Keynote by Dr. Eva Pell, former Smithsonian Under Secretary for Science
Tracing Historical Pathways of Women into STEM [panel]
The Price of Being a Minority Woman in Science: Dr. Shirley Malcom Reflects on 44 Years of The Double Bind [panel]
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- Dzongsar Sliversmith by Dawa Drolma
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Silversmithing in Tibet
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- How Suffragist Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin Spoke Up
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- 4 years ago
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- Even after the passage of the 19th Amendment that said women could not be denied the vote because of their sex, the right to vote was not guaranteed. Since many American Indian women were not considered citizens, they were unjustly denied the ballot. Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin of North Dakota's Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa fought to change these rules, law degree in hand.
Explore more women’s history with the Smithsonian: https://womenshistory.si.edu
Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, Because of Her Story creates, disseminates, and amplifies the historical record of the accomplishments of American women.
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- Native Hawaiian Women Who Rallied for Suffrage
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- When Hawai’i became an American territory, women were stripped of their right to vote. Suffragist Wilhelmina Kekelaokalaninui Widemann Dowsett fought back, organizing with other women to regain their political power.
Learn more women’s history with the Smithsonian: https://womenshistory.si.edu
Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, Because of Her Story creates, disseminates, and amplifies the historical record of the accomplishments of American women.
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- In 1868 Portia K. Gage Voted in Protest
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Hundreds of New Jersey women, led by Portia K. Gage, constructed a homemade ballot box and cast unofficial votes as a form of resistance in the late 1800s.
Learn more women’s history with the Smithsonian: https://womenshistory.si.edu
Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, Because of Her Story creates, disseminates, and amplifies the historical record of the accomplishments of American women.
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- Mabel Ping-Hua Lee Fought for Voting Rights on Horseback
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- New York's 1912 Suffrage March demonstrated the large number of women willing to speak out for voting rights. At the head of the parade, a young Chinese woman, Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, rode horseback on the front lines and made a bold statement.
Learn more women’s history with the Smithsonian: https://womenshistory.si.edu
Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, Because of Her Story creates, disseminates, and amplifies the historical record of the accomplishments of American women.
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- Was Childcare One Secret to Winning Suffrage?
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- In New York City’s San Juan Hill neighborhood, Lyda Newman and other working mothers found a clever way to balance childcare and political organizing to open the Negro Suffrage Headquarters.
Learn more women’s history with the Smithsonian: https://womenshistory.si.edu
Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, Because of Her Story creates, disseminates, and amplifies the historical record of the accomplishments of American women.
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- Winning Latino Support for Women's Voting Rights
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Californian women organizing for the right to vote were only given eight months to prepare before the election. One of those women, Maria de Guadalupe Evangelina Lopez de Lowther, took action to include Latina women.
Learn more women’s history with the Smithsonian: https://womenshistory.si.edu
Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, Because of Her Story creates, disseminates, and amplifies the historical record of the accomplishments of American women.
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- How Ida B. Wells Got Women Voting
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Under the leadership of Ida B. Wells, the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago registered enough women voters to make change in Chicago's 2nd Ward.
Learn more women’s history with the Smithsonian: https://womenshistory.si.edu
Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, Because of Her Story creates, disseminates, and amplifies the historical record of the accomplishments of American women.
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- Black Women's Clubs Fought for Voting Rights
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- In the 1890s, African American women led by Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin created the Women’s Era Club in Boston. They united and organized with other clubs across the U.S. to create the National Association of Colored Women. Together, they fought for voting rights and education across the country.
Learn more women’s history with the Smithsonian: https://womenshistory.si.edu
Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, Because of Her Story creates, disseminates, and amplifies the historical record of the accomplishments of American women.
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- Reopening the Smithsonian: Welcome Back to the Zoo and Udvar-Hazy Center
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The Smithsonian is beginning a gradual, phased reopening, starting with the National Zoo and the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.
As we begin to welcome our visitors back, hear from Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III about the new safety measures we've put in place to protect everyone's health.
Learn more to plan your visit: http://www.si.edu/visit
Explore virtual resources from home: http://www.si.edu/cares
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- Sostener a su Smithsonian
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Escuche un mensaje especial del Secretario del Instituto Smithsonian Lonnie G. Bunch III cómo la misión de enseñar e inspirar es más importante ahora que nunca—y su apoyo es esencial para lograr esá misión. Cuando se sostiene al Smithsonian, se capacita a los alumnos de toda la vida por todas partes del mundo para construir un futuro más luminoso. https://s.si.edu/2VpW0wq
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- Support Your Smithsonian
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Hear from Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III about how the Smithsonian's mission to educate and inspire is more important than ever—and your support is essential to achieving that mission. When you support the Smithsonian, you empower lifelong learners everywhere to build a brighter tomorrow: https://s.si.edu/2VpW0wq
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- Smithsonian Open Access Launch Event
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- On February 25, 2020, the Smithsonian Open Access launch event marked the beginning of #SmithsonianOpenAccess.
Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to nearly 3 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.
Speakers at the Smithsonian Open Access Launch Event:
• Cooper Hewitt Interim Director, John Davis
• Smithsonian Senior Digital Program Officer, Effie Kapsalis
• Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III
• Creative Commons, Cable Green
• Google Arts & Culture, Laurent Gaveau
• Wikimedia Foundation, Katherine Maher
• Smithsonian Board of Regents Chair, Steve Case
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- How Did Kitty Cone Change Disability Rights?
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- In 1977, 13 years before the Americans with Disabilities Act, Kitty Cone and other disability rights activists occupied a federal building in San Francisco. They demanded the government protect their rights.
Ren, a student, speaks with Katherine Ott, curator at the Smithsonian’s @SmithsonianAmHistory, about why Cone’s work matters.
See the “504 Unchained” t-shirt and learn more the Section 504 protests: https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/how-did-kitty-cone-change-disability-rights/e6EFy7DGaMn5PCaX#r
Learn more women’s history with the Smithsonian: https://womenshistory.si.edu/
Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, Because of Her Story creates, disseminates, and amplifies the historical record of the accomplishments of American women.
Other photo credits: Photo of Kitty Cone and reporters courtesy of the Center for Independent Living; additional photographs by HolLynn D'Lil, author of Beco...
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- How Did Angela Davis Inspire a Movement?
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- In 1970, activist Angela Davis was charged with murder. A movement arose to free her, and her time in jail inspired her to work to change the prison system.
Kemi, a student, talks with Kelly Elaine Navies, oral historian at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (@NMAAHC).
Explore the objects featured in this video: https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/how-did-angela-davis-inspire-a-movement/xbytwehfbnrmkmlb#
Learn more women’s history with the Smithsonian: https://womenshistory.si.edu/
Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, Because of Her Story creates, disseminates, and amplifies the historical record of the accomplishments of American women.
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- How Did Mia Hamm Inspire Women to Play Sports?
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- 4 years ago
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- Mia Hamm helped popularize soccer in the U.S. and inspired a new generation of athletes. Kamau, a student, speaks with Eric Jentsch, curator at the Smithsonian’s@SmithsonianAmHistory, about Hamm's legacy.
See Mia Hamm’s jersey and learn more: https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/how-did-mia-hamm-inspire-more-women-to-play-sports/ctGUE5nmj0hns2TJ#
Learn more women’s history with the Smithsonian: https://womenshistory.si.edu/
Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, Because of Her Story seeks to deepen our knowledge and appreciation of women’s contributions to American society. #BecauseOfHerStory
Additional photo credits: Photo by David E. Klutho /Sports Illustrated via Getty Images; Andy Lyons /Allsport.
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- Why Is Celia Cruz Called the Queen of Salsa?
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- 4 years ago
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- Celia Cruz celebrated her Cuban American identity as one of the first women salsa singers. Mincy, a student, speaks with Ariana A. Curtis, curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (@NMAAHC).
Explore the objects featured in this video: https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/why-is-celia-cruz-called-the-queen-of-salsa/cnUm6mVfkCHFp7ox#
Learn more women’s history with the Smithsonian: https://womenshistory.si.edu/
Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, Because of Her Story creates, disseminates, and amplifies the historical record of the accomplishments of American women.
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- Meet Four Women Who Made History
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Celia Cruz, Angela Davis, Mia Hamm, and Kitty Cone are American women who spoke out and broke barriers. In this new video miniseries, students interviewed Smithsonian staff to learn about these remarkable women who shaped our world today.
Explore the objects featured in this video: https://learninglab.si.edu/collections/four-women-who-made-american-history/WgpT9RgKNPrmTYXz#r
Learn more women’s history with the Smithsonian: https://womenshistory.si.edu/
Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, Because of Her Story creates, disseminates, and amplifies the historical record of the accomplishments of American women.
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- Smithsonian Open Access Launch Event
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- On February 25, 2020, the Smithsonian Open Access launch event marked the beginning of #SmithsonianOpenAccess.
Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to nearly 3 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo.
What will you create? https://www.si.edu/openaccess
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- Smithsonian Open Access Teen Songwriting Intensive: N M Bodecker Foundation and Musician Chris Funk
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- 4 years ago
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- The Smithsonian sponsored a Teen Songwriting Intensive with the N M Bodecker Foundation, a Portland, Oregon-based non-profit that empowers creative youth to imagine and achieve their artistic, educational, and professional dreams. Teens researched, wrote, and recorded songs based on primary source documents describing the Smithsonian’s mission of “the increase and diffusion of knowledge.”
Artistic Mentors included Zach Carothers (Portugal. The Man), Kyle Craft, Chris Funk (The Decemberists), John Gourley (Portugal. The Man), Adam Lee, Jon Mooallem, Karma Rivera, and Lisa Vazquez. Student artists include Rumi Chapiro-Wolf, Tracy Jones, Sirena Miranda, Lucas Murray, Eli Pearl, Calvin Sewell, Forest Shaw, and Jolly Wrapper.
Playlist: https://soundcloud.com/halflingstudio
Smithsonian Open Access: https://www.si.edu/openaccess
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- Opening the Doors of Imagination: Secretary Bunch’s Reflections on Smithsonian Open Access
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- 4 years ago
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- Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III spoke at the launch event for #SmithsonianOpenAccess on February 25, 2020.
Welcome to Smithsonian Open Access, where you can download, share, and reuse millions of the Smithsonian’s images—right now, without asking. With new platforms and tools, you have easier access to nearly 3 million 2D and 3D digital items from our collections—with many more to come. This includes images and data from across the Smithsonian’s 19 museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives, and the National Zoo. https://www.si.edu/openaccess
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- Smithsonian Open Access Launch
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The Smithsonian's treasures belong to you. Now you can download, transform, and share the Smithsonian’s Open Access content for any purpose, for free, without further permission from the Smithsonian.
We can't wait to see how you get creative with about 2.8 million Smithsonian collection images, 3D models, data, and research. https://www.si.edu/openaccess
Tune in to our #SmithsonianOpenAccess event tonight at 7:15 p.m. ET
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- Smithsonian Open Access: 2.8 Million Images Are Yours to Use
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- People everywhere can now download, remix and share Smithsonian Open Access content for any purpose, for free, from portraits of historic Americans to 3D scans of dinosaur fossils. What will you create, imagine and discover? https://www.si.edu/openaccess
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- Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative: Nora Naranjo Morse
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- The Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, Because of Her Story, seeks to deepen our knowledge and appreciation of women’s contributions to American society. Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, the initiative strives share complete and compelling story of women in America. For more information visit https://womenshistory.si.edu/.
In this video Mandy Van Heuvelen, a cultural interpreter coordinator at the National Museum of the American Indian, shares the story of contemporary Native artist Nora Naranjo Morse. Morse, whose artwork draws on traditional Native culture, created the sculptures that sit outside of the museum in Washington, D.C.
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- Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative: Roxy Laybourne
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, Because of Her Story, seeks to deepen our knowledge and appreciation of women’s contributions to American society. Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, the initiative strives share complete and compelling story of women in America. For more information visit https://womenshistory.si.edu/.
In this video Carla Dove, program director of the National Museum of Natural History’s Feather Identification Lab, shares the story of Roxy Laybourne. Unknown to most, Laybourne was a pioneer in forensic ornithology whose work greatly improved the safety of flight.
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- Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative: Gilda Miros and Isabel Norniella
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, Because of Her Story, seeks to deepen our knowledge and appreciation of women’s contributions to American society. Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, the initiative strives share complete and compelling story of women in America. For more information visit https://womenshistory.si.edu/.
In this video Kathleen Franz, a curator of work and labor at the National Museum of American History, discusses Gilda Mirós and Isabel Norniella, two Latina trailblazers in advertising and broadcasting.
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- Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative: Sojourner Truth
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, Because of Her Story, seeks to deepen our knowledge and appreciation of women’s contributions to American society. Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, the initiative strives share complete and compelling story of women in America. For more information visit https://womenshistory.si.edu/.
In this video Mary Elliot, curator of American slavery at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, shares what Sojourner Truth means to her. Often overlooked, Sojourner Truth was enslaved for 35 years and went on to become a women’s rights activist and abolitionist.
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- Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative: Sally Ride
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, Because of Her Story, seeks to deepen our knowledge and appreciation of women’s contributions to American society. Drawing on the Smithsonian’s unique and vast resources, the initiative strives share complete and compelling story of women in America. For more information visit https://womenshistory.si.edu.
In this video Margaret Weitekamp, a curator of space history at the National Air and Space Museum, talks about Sally Ride’s role as the first American woman in space, and how her leadership changed the perception of women in science.
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- Smithsonian Long Conversation Highlights 12/17
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- 6 years ago
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- Obama Portrait Unveiling at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery unveils its commissioned portraits of former President Barack Obama and Mrs. Michelle Obama by artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald, respectively. Remarks by President Obama and Mrs. Obama, Smithsonian Secretary David Skorton, National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet and artists Wiley and Sherald.
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- The Long Conversation
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- Leaders in the arts and sciences talk about the big ideas that make them optimistic for the future.
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- Smithsonian 2022: The Future of The Smithsonian
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- What will the Smithsonian look like in five years? Our Leadership discusses our bold new vision.
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- Food History Weekend Part 1
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/national-museum-of-american-history
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- Food History Weekend Part 2
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/national-museum-of-american-history
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- Food History Weekend Part 3
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- - Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/national-museum-of-american-history