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Category: Women’s History

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Historical Resources to Contextualize the Storming of the U.S. Capitol

The events that occurred at our nation’s Capitol on January 6, 2021 are not only shocking in today’s world, but also generated …

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African American History Elections Women's History
August 25, 2020 Chris Graham A large group of citizens gathers to place their votes in an election. Campaigning politicians anxiously press their party tickets toward individuals. One of the newest citizens, an Irish immigrant, is taking an oath that he had not voted elsewhere, just as one of the oldest, a Revolutionary War “76-er” veteran, is descending the steps. Merchants in top hats discuss the issues with laborers in shirtsleeves, an example of the rational exchange that sustains democracy. Other individuals present a less responsible and informed perspective. One drunken citizen, unable to stand, is nonetheless dragged to cast a vote. Another sits on a bench to steady his head, his clarity evidently lost in a brawl. Two boys on the ground play mumblety peg, a knife game that progressively increases in risk.

Battling Ballots: Before the War

Step into George Caleb Bingham’s 1852 celebration of American democracy, The County Election. In the boisterous and crowded scene, we see the …

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Annual Legacies Medical Women's History
May 13, 2020 Katie Lewis

Annual Legacies: Pheobe Yates Levy Pember

Born Phoebe Yates Levy on August 18, 1823, in Charleston, South Carolina, she was the fourth of seven children in a prominent …

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Artifact of the Month Collections Holidays Women's History
February 12, 2018

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 …

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White House Women's History
October 25, 2017

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 …

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Monument Avenue Women's History
September 5, 2017

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 …

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African American History Collections Document of the Month Women's History
May 1, 2017

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 …

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Events White House Women's History
March 15, 2017

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 …

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Books Guest Blog History is Present Women's History
March 13, 2017

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. …

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African American History Behind the Scenes Events White House Women's History
March 8, 2017

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 …

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Collections Document of the Month Women's History
March 3, 2017

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 …

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