15th Turns 150!
March 30, 2020, is the 150th anniversary of the adoption of the 15th Amendment to the Constitution (ratified Feb. 3, 1870), which …
Category: Women’s History
February 2018 Artifacts of the Month | Mardi Gras Badges
By Robert Hancock Senior Curator & Director of Collections These two Mardi Gras ducal badges were sent to Winnie on the occasion …
White House Wednesday | Behind the Stanchions | Dressing Room
By Bryce VanStavern White House Specialist There are two small rooms on White House of the Confederacy tours into which large …
Women and Confederate Culture on Monument Avenue
Fitzhugh Brundage and Karen L. Cox, both historians of the Lost Cause, have recently noted the United Daughters of the Confederacy’s central place …
May 2017 Documents of the Month | Photos from WWI Era
By John Coski Historian Prompted by Germany’s declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare, the United States entered “the Great War” on the side …
White House Wednesday | Mary O'Melia
By Bryce VanStavern White House Specialist One of the things we try to do as the education and interpretive staff at the …
Guest Blog by David Silkenat | Varina Davis - Refugee
The plight of refugees has been in the news a lot since the November presidential election. The phenomenon is not new, however. …
White House Wednesday | White House Evening Tours Give Voice to Untold Stories
By Patrick Saylor Director, Marketing Communication Old homes hold many stories within their walls, and the house at 12th and Clay Streets …
March 2017 Documents of the Month | Friction Primer Papers
By John Coski Historian The Confederacy’s greatest home front disaster occurred on Friday, March 13, 1863, when Mary Ryan, a young woman …
White House Wednesday | The First Lady and "Trumpery"
This week, two of our staff members find playful parallels between the White House of the Confederacy and today’s headlines. Part 1 …
October 2016 Document of the Month | Katherine Clay Stiles
By John Coski Historian Katherine Clay “Kitty” Stiles died a century ago on October 7, 1916. Who was she and why should …