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Each time a girl opens a book and reads a womanless history, she learns she is worth less.
Myra Pollack SadkerProfessor, Author, Researcher, and Activist
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a prominent journalist, activist, and researcher, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In her lifetime, she battled sexism, racism, and violence. As a skilled writer, Wells-Barnett also used her skills as a journalist to shed light on the conditions of African Americans throughout the South and dispelled the myth that lynching, which she famously referred to as "that last relic of barbarism and slavery," was a method of retribution for Black men's so-called "violence" against white women, but is in fact a hate crime.
If we want our girls to benefit from the courage and wisdom of the women before them, we have to share the stories.
Shireen Dodson
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NWHM Announces 2025 Women Making History Awards Gala Honorees
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National Women’s History Museum Awarded $2.5 Million Grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. for Forthcoming Exhibition
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