Spice up your day with events for/ about/ organized by women, to celebrate female creations – exhibitions, shows, conferences, festivals, and more.
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Storied Women of the Civil War Era
Storied Women of the Civil War Era
A photographs exhibition about women who rose to national prominence during the Civil War era, from First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln to the actress and Union spy Pauline Cushman. Click Read more...
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Virtual Women Filmmakers Festival: Lessons from Environmental Histories with Cecilia Vicuña
Virtual Women Filmmakers Festival: Lessons from Environmental Histories with Cecilia Vicuña
From the event organizer: Join renowned Chilean American artist Cecilia Vicuña for a virtual conversation about her work that explores the deep histories, coastal traditions, and the ecology of her Read more...
Impressionist Muses: The Women Who Inspired Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas, and Cassatt
Impressionist Muses: The Women Who Inspired Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas, and Cassatt
From the event organizer: For many of the impressionists, women were not simply passive models but essential partners, collaborators, muses—and sometimes lovers and wives. Art historian Natasha Schlesinger looks at Read more...
2 events,
Virtual Salon: In Her Honor, by A Tour Of Her Own
Virtual Salon: In Her Honor, by A Tour Of Her Own
From the event organizer: Honor a woman in your life who has had a profound impact on you. Whether she has passed on or is still with us, be sure Read more...
2 events,
NMWA Art Chat @ Five: #5WomenArtists
NMWA Art Chat @ Five: #5WomenArtists
From the event organizer: Recent studies indicate that work-life balance is off-kilter for many and recommend scheduling opportunities for leisure and learning. Here’s your chance! We invite you to jumpstart Read more...
5 events,
Wikipedia Art+Feminism Virtual Edit-a-thon
Wikipedia Art+Feminism Virtual Edit-a-thon
From the event organizer: To mark Wikipedia’s 20th anniversary, NMWA will join with its partner Wikimedia DC for the museum’s eighth Art+Feminism edit-a-thon, focused on improving Wikipedia entries related to Read more...
Washington Walk Lecture- ALICE PAUL: FAILURE IS IMPOSSIBLE
Washington Walk Lecture- ALICE PAUL: FAILURE IS IMPOSSIBLE
From the event organizer: Dr. Alice Paul is best known today for the work she did between 1913 when she orchestrated the Woman Suffrage Procession in Washington D.C., and 1920, Read more...
Harriet Tubman and Maryland’s Underground Railroad – Livestream Tour
Harriet Tubman and Maryland’s Underground Railroad – Livestream Tour
From the event organizer: Join us for an online/virtual tour of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad sites in Maryland. Learn how Harriet successfully escaped from slavery and how she then Read more...
Dolly Parton’s 75th Birthday – Livestream Music History Program
Dolly Parton’s 75th Birthday – Livestream Music History Program
From the event organizer: It's Saturday night, let's celebrate Dolly Parton's 75th birthday (belated). Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, businesswoman, Read more...
4 events,
First Lady Lucy Hayes – Livestream History Program with Andrew Och
First Lady Lucy Hayes – Livestream History Program with Andrew Och
From the event organizer: Join us for a lively discussion and Q&A on First Lady Lucy Hayes with author and historian Andrew Och, “The First Ladies Man.” Lucy Ware Hayes Read more...
FREE Admission in the National Museum of Women in the Arts
FREE Admission in the National Museum of Women in the Arts
From the event organizer: Visit the National Museum of Women in the Arts - Every first Sunday admission is Free! Advance reservation of timed tickets is required. Click here Read more...
Tight Five With Blaire Postman -Online Comedy Show
Tight Five With Blaire Postman -Online Comedy Show
From the event organizer: Blaire Postman's guests this week are JR De Guzman (Netflix), Amy Shanker, David Perdue (Comedy Central), and Nonye Brown West (NPR). Click here for tickets Read more...
2 events,
Storied Women of the Civil War Era
NWHM Presents! And She Could Be Next Film Screening, Episode 1
NWHM Presents! And She Could Be Next Film Screening, Episode 1
From the event organizer: Join the National Women's History Museum for a special two-part screening of And She Could Be Next, POV’s first broadcast miniseries, in honor of International Women's Read more...
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3 events,
Blazing A Trail to Capitol Hill: Historic Firsts For Women In Congress
Blazing A Trail to Capitol Hill: Historic Firsts For Women In Congress
From the event organizer: A record number of women serve in the current 117th Congress. Yet, although 50 percent of the total U.S. population is female, women represent only 23 Read more...
Virtual Women Filmmakers Festival: Lessons from Activist Histories with Coco Fusco
Virtual Women Filmmakers Festival: Lessons from Activist Histories with Coco Fusco
From the event organizer: Join award-winning artist and writer Coco Fusco for a virtual conversation about her work that examines the complex relationships between art, politics, and identity since the Read more...
2 events,
In Dialogue: Smithsonian Objects and Social Justice
In Dialogue: Smithsonian Objects and Social Justice
From the event organizer: Heighten your civic awareness through conversations about art, history, and material culture. Each month, educators from the National Portrait Gallery will partner with colleagues from across Read more...
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2 events,
Washington Walk Lecture-THE WOMAN BEHIND THE WOMAN: MARY HARRIMAN RUMSEY AND LABOR SECRETARY FRANCES PERKINS
Washington Walk Lecture-THE WOMAN BEHIND THE WOMAN: MARY HARRIMAN RUMSEY AND LABOR SECRETARY FRANCES PERKINS
From the event organizer: Appointed in 1933 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as America’s first female secretary of labor (and the first woman to hold a cabinet position as a Read more...
1 event,
2 events,
Storied Women of the Civil War Era
NWHM Presents! And She Could Be Next Film Screening, Episode 2
NWHM Presents! And She Could Be Next Film Screening, Episode 2
From the event organizer: Join the National Women's History Museum for a special two-part screening of And She Could Be Next, POV’s first broadcast miniseries, in honor of International Women's Read more...
2 events,
Virtual Happy Hour: Rosa Bonheur Birthday Celebration
Virtual Happy Hour: Rosa Bonheur Birthday Celebration
From the event organizer: Join the staff of the National Museum of Women in the Arts for a virtual happy hour to celebrate Rosa Bonheur‘s birthday! We will make a Read more...
3 events,
Virtual Women Filmmakers Festival: Lessons from Pandemic Histories with Mariam Ghani
Virtual Women Filmmakers Festival: Lessons from Pandemic Histories with Mariam Ghani
From the event organizer: Join internationally exhibited artist, filmmaker, and writer Mariam Ghani for a virtual conversation about two of her upcoming projects developed around the 100th anniversary of the Read more...
Elizabeth Kolbert on the Nature of the Future
Elizabeth Kolbert on the Nature of the Future
From the event organizer: Journalist and author Elizabeth Kolbert is best-known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller, The Sixth Extinction, in which she described the rich and diverse world disappearing rapidly Read more...
1 event,
2 events,
Making African America: A Symposium on Immigration and the Changing Dynamics of Blackness (Day 5 of 6)
Making African America: A Symposium on Immigration and the Changing Dynamics of Blackness (Day 5 of 6)
From the event organizer: The Making African America symposium series brings together scholars, journalists, activists, curators, filmmakers, and writers to discuss how immigration has shaped and is continuing to reshape Read more...
3 events,
Washington Walk Lecture – ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH: BEYOND THE WITTY ONE-LINERS
Washington Walk Lecture – ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH: BEYOND THE WITTY ONE-LINERS
From the event organizer: Theodore Roosevelt’s devilish daughter Alice captivated the country when her father became president at the turn of the twentieth century. Eighty years later, America’s political princess Read more...
TOHO Guided Tour – Women of Arlington National Cemetery
TOHO Guided Tour – Women of Arlington National Cemetery
From the event organizer: Arlington National Cemetery is a treasured site for all Americans. Here we will examine several prominent military pioneers, First Ladies, and some badass women. We will Read more...
1 event,
1 event,
Storied Women of the Civil War Era
2 events,
Respect Her Crank!: Creating Sounds Of Blackness
Respect Her Crank!: Creating Sounds Of Blackness
From the event organizer: Black women have used graphic design to enhance their sound. Just think about your favorite album cover. The workshop series Respect Her Crank!: Designing Sounds of Read more...
2 events,
TOHO Virtual Tour: Female Sculptors in DC
TOHO Virtual Tour: Female Sculptors in DC
From the event organizer: There are hundreds of statues in Washington DC, and although way too few of them are statues of women, many of these statues were sculpted by Read more...
3 events,
Respect Her Crank!: Creating Sounds Of Blackness
Respect Her Crank!: Creating Sounds Of Blackness
From the event organizer: Black women have used graphic design to enhance their sound. Just think about your favorite album cover. The workshop series Respect Her Crank!: Designing Sounds of Read more...
Aizuri Quartet Virtual Performance at The Kennedy Center
Aizuri Quartet Virtual Performance at The Kennedy Center
From the event organizer: The Kennedy Center welcomes the all-female Aizuri Quartet back to perform a specially curated program entitled “Expanse.” Drawn to the evocative sensation of openness present in Read more...
1 event,
3 events,
Forgotten No More: Rediscovering Remarkable Women
Forgotten No More: Rediscovering Remarkable Women
From the event organizer: From a 17th-century workshop in the Netherlands to a classroom in 1660 in Frankfurt to the streets of Washington in the early 1900s to musical stages Read more...
Washington Walk Lecture – FRANCES BENJAMIN JOHNSTON: AMERICA’S FIRST FEMALE PHOTOJOURNALIST
Washington Walk Lecture – FRANCES BENJAMIN JOHNSTON: AMERICA’S FIRST FEMALE PHOTOJOURNALIST
From the event organizer: A Kodak camera received as a gift from family friend George Eastman set Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) on an acclaimed photojournalism career. From her studio behind Read more...
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1 event,
Storied Women of the Civil War Era
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1 event,
1 event,
1 event,
1 event,
2 events,
FREE Admission in the National Museum of Women in the Arts
FREE Admission in the National Museum of Women in the Arts
From the event organizer: Visit the National Museum of Women in the Arts - Every first Sunday admission is Free! Advance reservation of timed tickets is required. Click here Read more...
