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- Women’s History - National Museum of American History
Visit our history month page to learn about our special activities Understanding women’s history is integral to understanding the American experience Although often underrepresented in recorded histories, women helped build the United States of America of today and women will help shape the United States of America of the future
- Rosie, Wendy, and Government Girls: The women behind the war
Today, we often associate the women workers during World War II with the popular symbol Rosie the Riveter, but as the museum's collections show, "Rosies" were just one of the many types of women workers during the war
- Votes for Women - National Museum of American History
Members of the National American Woman Suffrage Association organized statewide “Votes for Women” campaigns They used buttons, signs, and gimmicks like the ring parade spinner to promote their cause and tracked their progress with maps and stars representing their victories The western states were the first to accept women as voters
- Women in World War I - National Museum of American History
Other women donned uniforms because of their association with the military—World War I was the first time in American history in which women were officially attached to arms of the American military and government agencies Yeomen (F) served with the Navy and the Marine Corps, while the Army Nurse Corps was attached to the Army
- Home | National Museum of American History
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History preserves our nation’s collections and tells a full and complex history of the United States
- Make-up - National Museum of American History
In eighteenth century America, both men and women of the upper classes wore make-up But, shortly after the American Revolution the use of visible “paint” cosmetics (colored cosmetic for lips, skin, eyes, and nails) by either gender gradually became socially unacceptable For most of the nineteenth century few paint cosmetics were manufactured in America Instead, women relied on recipes
- Part II: Great strides for the New Woman, suffrage, and fashion
What new roles and spaces did women occupy in the 1910s? How did clothing reflect this? It's very relevant that you speak of spaces, because the "New Woman," unlike the Victorian Lady, wanted to get out of the parlor and into the world, and she did this in a number of arenas But venturing into roles and spaces—public spaces—that had been considered the exclusive privilege of men, caused
- Videos and Podcasts - National Museum of American History
The museum produces podcasts and video content that both share the stories of individual women who have made significant contributions to American society and explore women's historical experiences in the United States more broadly
- History of Sweatshops: 1940-1997 - National Museum of American History
The New Sweatshop Worker Immigrants continue to power the U S apparel industry and the volatile women’s fashion sector in particular Like their predecessors, many new arrivals find their first jobs assembling clothing As they gain English language skills and improve their education and training, they leave for better jobs and are replaced by more recent immigrants As in earlier times
- Part I: Great strides for the New Woman, suffrage, and fashion
The display at this museum on the 1913 woman suffrage parade includes some costume elements worn in the parade What was fashion like in 1913? Styles of 1913 were well on their way away from Victorian and Edwardian layers and bulk Corsets no longer constricted the waist, really, but instead they would give you a smooth line, like today's Spanx for example, and the silhouette was quite slender
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